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Oh, the mining company management will know what the spot price in dollars is and if the spot price offered in cedis doesn't seem fair. But "we've found a cunni
by notahacker 4y ago
Oh, the mining company management will know what the spot price in dollars is and if the spot price offered in cedis doesn't seem fair. But "we've found a cunning new way to exploit our gold reserves" is a better PR line to the general public than "we're fudging the figures a bit in our favoir*
Look at HN's somewhat sophisticated audience heralding it as a power move against the dollar rather than a country scrabbling around for ways to dig itself out of a financial hole caused in part because the dollar holds value much better than their own currency.
- analog31 4y agoIt strikes me as a tax on gold mining. I can't think of any principled reason why they shouldn't do that, to raise money for their government. Indeed, having a better engineered money system is one of the things that make rich countries richer.