[Bubba_Leroy]

Does whoever wrote the headline to this article have no understanding of economics? Supply and demand? If billions of dollars worth of minerals are brought to Earth flooding the market they will not be be worth billions of dollars anymore.

[garyb]

We just have to have the DeBeers group manage the distribution of the minerals.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember reading that when shiploads of Aztec gold hit Spain, the price of everything suddenly went up, starting with the port of call.

[ml/nj]

If billions of dollars worth of minerals are brought to Earth flooding the market they will not be be worth billions of dollars anymore.

A dollar isn't worth a dollar anymore.

Legally, I believe a dollar is still defined as 371 and a fraction grains of fine silver. The piece of paper that we carry around that says "One Dollar" on it is not a dollar. Lawyers (liars) say these pieces of paper are "denominated in dollars." (The guy who first taught me this, Irwin Schiff, was sent to prison. I, myself, had some interesting exchanges with the State of New Jersey when I demanded that it tender - i.e. pay - a debt it owed to me in gold or silver coin. See Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the US Constitution. Madison said that this was included in the Constitution to protect the people from "the pestilent effects of paper money." )

ML/NJ