Bob argues that Putin's moves to link the ruble to gold and to insist on ruble payments for natural gas won't be very effective in strengthening the currency. He then critiques a recent listener comment who argued that one's views on taxation are important for determining moral worth as a human.

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• An example of Ronan Manly's ruble/gold analysis.
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