In God We Trust (economics)

Front and back sides of now-discredited US dollar bill showing the "Forty Days and Forty Nights" Bible story.

In God We Trust is a now-discredited economic theory which credits God Almighty with trustworthy governance of all mankind.

Compare Act of God (nonfiction).

Commentary

You may be wondering, "Why does this 'Forty-Dollar Bill' have the numeral '1' in the corners?"

Answer: the dollar value is given in base one-fortieth, where the number forty is represented by the numeral '1'.

Source

Gnomon Chronicles School of Counter-Economics.

In the News

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  How many gold bars per day can a man publicly dump into the sea and yet have money left over to pay naval mercenaries to guard the site 24 by 7 by 365 so that no one ever raises that gold?

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  "Believing that Trump cares about you is the same as believing a stripper cares about you."
  But— she jumped out of a cake!
  "Did you miss me?" she asked.
  The roar of the mob was all the answer I needed.
  Grabbing her by the second layer, I licked frosted bunting until—" (Excerpt from Trump Cake.)

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  The Marx is Right? is a reality television game show in which contestants symbolically vindicate Karl Marx while disparaging Capitalism by heaping up cash and prizes and setting the lot ablaze in a secular yet emotionally stirring Bonfire of the Media.

Fiction cross-reference

• Crimes against mathematical constants
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• The Marx is Right?
• Trump Cake
• Wealth

External links

• Post @ Twitter (21 June 2021)