Sell Oil for Gold, Not Dollars

01/19/2004 Mises Wire James Waddell

So says Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad to Saudi Arabia. Who knows, if Bush's "strong dollar policy" continues, the Saudis just might listen.

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