Bukannya kalau: emas dijadikan uang dan populasi manusia bertambah dan pertambahan jumlah komoditas lebih dari pertambahan emas:
Maka: -> emas akan terasa kurang -> nilai emas naik -> harga-harga komoditas lain akan semakin murah. ?? Wassalaam, Dian. 2008/12/15 budi darmawan <[email protected]>: > > Inflasi akan tetap terjadi sekalipun emas dan perak digunakan sebagai alat > pembayaran, > > Masalahnya bukan di mata uangnya, tetapi dari "kelangkaan" . Selagi manusia > masih menggunakan Bahan - bahan tambang yang notabenenya tidak dapat > diperbaharui, seperti ; Minyak bumi, batu bara, Nikel , timah dan > sejenisnya (dengan asumsi kondisi permintaan dan penawaran normal ) maka > harga-harga akan tetap bergerak naik . > > Apalagi jumlah manusia dari tahun ketahun kian bertambah.. > > Sehingga sulit rasanya mengatakan dunia bisa tanpa hitungan inflasi.. ya > kecuali semua yang dipake manusia bisa didaur ulang.. Mungkin nanti di Sorga > .. InsyaAllah > > Wallahualam > > > > > > --- Pada Sen, 15/12/08, A Nizami <[email protected]> menulis: > > Dari: A Nizami <[email protected]> > Topik: [ekonomi-syariah] Penggunaan Mata Uang Emas dan Perak - Re: John Nash > praised the gold standard > Kepada: "ekonomisyariah" <[email protected]> > Tanggal: Senin, 15 Desember, 2008, 10:38 AM > > Kalau ekonom pemenang Nobel sudah memuji uang dengan > standar emas, tentu ini cukup menggembirakan. > > Mata uang kertas yang tidak dipatok sama sekali > akhirnya cenderung tidak stabil dan selalu dimakan > inflasi sekitar 10-20%/tahun. Kalau gaji/UMR pakai > uang kertas tsb, maka rakyat mengalami proses > pemiskinan massal jika besar gaji/UMR tidak naik > melebihi nilai inflasi. > > Mata uang kertas yang dipatok emas lebih baik. Tapi > bisa terjadi "penipuan" ketika satu negara memproduksi > lebih banyak uang kertas daripada emas yang jadi > jaminannya. Ini sulit diawasi, dikontrol, atau > diperiksa. > > Mata uang emas dan perak. Nilai stabil dan mudah > dikontrol penggunaannya. > > Penggunaan logam mulia sebaiknya 2 jenis (bimetal) > yaitu emas dan perak agar tidak terjadi kelangkaan. > > --- sidqy suyitno <sidqy_suyitno@ yahoo.com> menulis: > >> A Beautiful Mind Indeed: Nobel Economist Says More >> Stable Currency Needed >> John Nash, who won >> the 1994 Nobel Prize in economics, praised the gold >> standard in a recent talk >> at Fordham. >> Contact: Janet Sassi >> 212-636-7577 >> fallersassi@ fordham.edu >> Nash said that various >> interest groups that subscribe to Keynesian, or >> short-term, economic theories >> have sold the public on the notion that inflation is >> acceptable or that >> "bad money is better than good money." Such a >> notion, he said, led to >> the dangerous proliferation of bad mortgage >> loans--loans made on the gamble >> that house values would continue to rise and >> eventually turn a profit. >> "A >> fixed-rate 30-year mortgage would be reasonable >> under the gold standard," >> Nash said. "Now, there are variable rates, and >> adjustables, and >> convertibles, and it is very complicated" for >> homeowners to figure out >> what they are getting into. In fact, Nash said, >> nobody really knows the depth >> of the financial crisis. >> More >> than 200 members of the Fordham community converged >> upon the Flom Auditorium on >> Oct. 14 to hear John Forbes Nash Jr., Ph.D., winner >> of the 1994 Nobel Memorial >> Prize in Economic Sciences, talk about solutions to >> the downturn in the >> national and global economy. >> Nash >> told the audience that such financial crises would >> be less likely to occur if >> there was some international monetary standard, such >> as the gold standard or >> competition among worldwide currencies, to curb >> inflation and prevent the rise >> of mortgage abuses. He expressed some skepticism >> about a government bailout as >> a solution. >> "I >> get the impression that the government is not ready >> to do anything that is >> really beyond a short-term basis," said Nash, a >> senior research mathematician >> at Princeton. "[But] we need a natural stability >> of >> value." >> Nash >> said that various interest groups that subscribe to >> Keynesian, or short-term, >> economic theories have sold the public on the notion >> that inflation is >> acceptable or that "bad money is better than good >> money." Such a notion, he >> said, led to the dangerous proliferation of bad >> mortgage loans—loans made on >> the gamble that house values would continue to rise >> and eventually turn a >> profit. >> "A >> fixed-rate 30-year mortgage would be reasonable >> under the gold standard," Nash >> said. "Now, there are variable rates, and >> adjustables, and convertibles, and it >> is very complicated" for homeowners to figure out >> what they are getting into. >> In fact, Nash said, nobody really knows the depth of >> the financial crisis. >> Having >> an internationally oriented money standard would >> promote better quality >> currencies and less inflation, he added. >> Nash >> further said that any such new international >> monetary system should be >> democratically determined, and cited the recent vote >> in Swedennot to abandon the Krona for the Euro. >> Nash >> shared the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize with two other >> economists for research in >> game theory, a method of predicting behavior in >> strategic social situations and >> a tool now widely used by economists and biologists. >> His academic notoriety was >> catapulted into celebrity status in 2001 when he and >> his wife, Alicia, became >> the subject of the movie "A Beautiful Mind." The >> film was nominated >> for eight Oscars and won four. The movie, part of >> which was filmed in the >> basement of Keating Hall, documents Nash's seminal >> contributions to game theory >> and mathematics and his subsequent 25-year struggle >> with schizophrenia. >> The >> event was also attended by special guest Charles >> Soludo, Ph.D., governor of the >> Central Bank of Nigeria. >> Dominick >> Salvatore, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of >> Economics, introduced Nash and >> Saludo to the standing-room- only crowd and concurred >> with the need for a new >> international regulatory system more in tune with >> today's global economy. >> "The entire financial sector has to be regulated, >> but those regulations cannot >> be specific," Salvatore said. "Money is >> fungible. You have to be comprehensive, >> but general." >> Reform >> starts at home, Salvatore argued. "We need less >> exotic derivatives and much >> more transparency. And the U.S.has to live within >> its means. We save >> practically nothing at the individual level . . . we >> have a huge trade deficit >> and we are mortgaging our future." >> The >> event was part of the Distinguished Lecture Series >> hosted by Fordham's Center >> for International Policy Studies. >> Founded >> in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New >> York, offering exceptional >> education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to >> approximately 14,700 >> students in its four undergraduate colleges and its >> six graduate and >> professional schools. It has residential campuses in >> the Bronxand Manhattan, a campus in Westchester, and >> the Louis Calder Center Biological >> Field Station in Armonk, N.Y.10/08 >> >>
