<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 14:33:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/borrowing/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Money Supply Expansion Differs Under the Gold Standard vs Fiat Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the two previous posts, we talked about the history of money in the United States, from barter trading in the colonial 1600s, to the Federal Reserve's fiat money we've been using since 1971. 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