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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EWC3, post: 3008842, member: 93416&quot;]To be honest, I feel you are rather getting this upside down.&nbsp; All other things being equal, a plentiful copper coinage in itself surely assists the poor?&nbsp; The people a lack of gold or silver inconveniences are the rich.&nbsp; My old friend Mike Maier has written extensively on this topic here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://washington.academia.edu/MikeMaier" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://washington.academia.edu/MikeMaier" rel="nofollow">https://washington.academia.edu/MikeMaier</a></p><p><br /></p><p>On the detail of associated Ancient Chinese events try this</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/356703/Wang_Mang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/356703/Wang_Mang" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/356703/Wang_Mang</a></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW - the policy followed in practice by the Ancient Chinese is very like the one recommended by Plato (in Republic and Statesman, as I recall)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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