http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/special/goldreport04.aspx
"An ounce of gold has tended to command the purchasing power of one good-quality suit:"
- Jim Grant
[B](Current cost of a Brooks Brothers suit: $598. Current price of gold: about $410/ounce)
"There has never been a case with a country with high money supply growth [the U.S. right now], a depreciating currency [the U.S. right now], and a rising budget deficit [the U.S. right now]... NEVER has a country with these characteristics had a problem with deflation."
- Alan Melser[/B]