And finally, emphasizing growth means the Republican Party must engage in the great task of replacing the current paper dollar with a dollar as good as gold.

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But then, in 1971, Richard Nixon replaced a more-or-less solid dollar, vaguely backed by gold, with a pure paper dollar, backed by nothing but the good intentions of government employees.

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With over 600 pages of good-quality paper, his is a massive three-decked battleship of a book, in general handsomely produced, but let down by some poorly designed colour plates, including a number of reversed images.

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There is a common misconception that great ideas come from a blank sheet of paper, but this is simply not true - good developers will come up with better, smarter product designs if they know what they are trying to achieve and where they can look for existing know-how.

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