gold will trade $3,000 - $5,000 in 2012, page-85

If you want to money printing and hyperinflation you go to Hayek and Ludwig von Mises , if you want to Austrain Hybrid and Business Cycle you go to Schumpeter, Krondietiff, Kuznets, Rothbard and to some extent Keynes, if you want monetarism its Bernanke and Friedman. Marx was out on his own.

Interested readers who like this type of education might find the audible book series on these writers. Murray Rothbards book on the great depression and business cycles is a great one for long trips. Schumepter has a great one on the dynamics of capitalism. Ive found that these kids of long books written in the 1930-40s are more easily digested when read to you.

Remember that these questions have always been at the core of our civilization, its not new to have them become controversial. Monetary policy was probably a core discussion point among our great grandfathers.