I Am Just A Normal

I Am Just A Normal Human Being - I Am Alive! Why Is Anyone Surprised That I Am Human? Like Many New Yorkers, I Have A Multifaceted Life.

I Am Quite International. My Background, Born In Turkey. My Family Is A Jewish Family From Iran, So I Went From Turkey To Iran To Israel, And Then Grew Up In Italy And Ended Up In U.s. For Graduate School. So I Tend To Look At Things From An International Perspective, And I Think That Gives You A Little Bit Of A Broader View Of What's Going On.

A Currency Serves Three Functions: Providing A Means Of Payment, A Unit Of Account And A Store Of Value. Gold May Be A Store Of Value For Wealth, But It Is Not A Means Of Payment. You Cannot Pay For Your Groceries With It. Nor Is It A Unit Of Account. Prices Of Goods And Services, And Of Financial Assets, Are Not Denominated In Gold Terms.

I Think It's True That The 1 Percent Or The Elite Are Living In A World Of, Maybe, Excessive Privilege, And They Don't Fully Realize How Much Pain And Suffering, How Much Anxiety Exists Out There.

We're Essentially Continuing A System Where Profits Are Privatized And...losses Socialized.