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Can gold currency lead to economic stability? | Thomas Jacob | TEDxTârguMureș

3,171 views · Published 3 November 2014 · 17:24 · Indexed 10 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Mr. Jacob studied economics at Zurich University and spent a year as an exchange student in Indianapolis. Afterward, Mr. Jacob attended Swissair pilot school and spent 15 years as an airline pilot flying the DC10, DC9, B747 and A320. 

Mr. Jacob studied economics at Zurich University and spent a year as an exchange student in Indianapolis. Afterward, Mr. Jacob attended Swissair pilot school and spent 15 years as an airline pilot flying the DC10, DC9, B747 and A320. During his time as a pilot, Mr. Jacob had time to “indulge extensively” in his interests in free-market economics, libertarianism and people worldwide. As he says, “It all began with Ayn Rand.” Thomas Jacob attended several Mises University courses and many ISIL conferences during this time of intensive study of Austrian economics, all of which led to his introduction of the idea of the Swiss gold franc. Since 2002, he has worked as a financial consultant and coach in Switzerland.

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