Tag Archives: Will Wilkinson

in gold we trust: bullions and bullions served

Is it only a metal whose value comes from the useful goods for which it can be exchanged? The belief in gold does appear more mystical, touching on the psychological aspects of fantasy and ecstasy more so than its pragmatic … Continue reading

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MR. TAMBOURINE MEN & THE WAR DANCE

The idea of American Manifest Destiny is not exclusive to the mid-eighteenth century, though the period of imperial “Westward Ho!” is one of the more conspicuous symptoms of that deeper, existential malady—the messianic mission to make the world over in … Continue reading

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