Tag Archives : gold standard
A Gold Standard vs. the Federal Reserve’s Fiat Money
Is it time to reassess the gold standard?
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The Gold Standard Is a Good System, but Governments Can’t Be Trusted to Operate It Honestly
I’ve linked before to Professor George Selgin’s masterful video on the Federal Reserve’s horrible track record, and I’ve done my own video on the origin of central banking. These types of posts often generate questions about what reforms we should support, and a lot of people ask about the gold standard. I’m not a monetary […]
read more...A Wide-Ranging Interview Covering Everything from the Gold Standard to the Value-Added Tax
The Free Market Mojo site asked me a number of interesting questions about public policy. I’m not sure all of my answers were interesting, but here are some snippets that capture my curmudgeonly outlook. I think it’s important to divide the topic into two issues, the policies that cause short-run fluctuations and the policies that […]
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