Gold is pretty, but as a measure of value it's always been a confidence trick. The same goes for banks, as the people in Argentina know too well.

Real wealth lies in the ability of people to work together.

The world turned upside down. We come in peace, they said
To dig and sow
We come to work the land in common
And to make the waste land grow
This earth divided
We will make whole
So it can be
A common treasury for all.