Gold Standard
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The Nixon Shock 55 Years Later: Three Impossible Promises
Nixon promised jobs, stable prices, and protection for the dollar. His “fixes” helped usher in a new era of inflation, debt, and monetary instability.
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The Lesson of 1971 Was Never About Gold
President Nixon abandoned the gold standard. The deeper problem was a monetary system dependent on political judgment.
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Soundness, Trust, and the Real Case Against Fiat Money
The strongest objections to fiat money are moral and institutional, not legal. Inflating a currency erodes trust over time, but it isn’t counterfeiting.
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Liberty Eroding, Gold Rising: 30 Years of Warning
The dollar’s lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing power.
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Trump’s 39% Tariff on Gold: Revenue Grab or Prelude to Revaluation?
The new levy rattled global markets, but that may be just the beginning. History teaches us to be wary when the government targets gold.
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The Fed’s Gold Standard Confusion
While in theory, fiat money may be cheaper to maintain than a gold standard, in practice, central banks fail to deliver long-run price stability.
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Gold-Backed or Bust: Judy Shelton’s Plan to Tame the Fed and Restore the Dollar
‘Good as Gold’ makes the case for exchangeability. Currency should be a standard the people can rely on, not a lever for the powerful.
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Gobbledegook! The Bretton Woods System of Fixed Exchange Rates According to E.C. Harwood
“In 1954, Harwood testified in the US Senate about the ‘advantages of returning to the full gold standard with the nation’s currency redeemable in gold coin on demand,’ as it had been throughout most of the nation’s history before the New Deal.” ~Robert E. Wright
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Dedollarization, the BRICS Expansion, and Sound Money
“Russia and China are leading an effort to not only strengthen cooperation between the five nation BRICS core but to expand the membership of BRICS into a ‘BRICS+.’” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Only a Retail Gold Standard Could Dethrone the Dollar
“If a large subset of countries, like the BRICS, adopted the retail gold standard, the United States and the European Union would have to join, or watch demand for their fiat currencies decline.” ~ Robert E. Wright and Byron B. Carson III
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The Nixon Shock 55 Years Later: Three Impossible Promises
Nixon promised jobs, stable prices, and protection for the dollar. His “fixes” helped usher in a new era of inflation, debt, and monetary instability.
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•
The Lesson of 1971 Was Never About Gold
President Nixon abandoned the gold standard. The deeper problem was a monetary system dependent on political judgment.
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•
Soundness, Trust, and the Real Case Against Fiat Money
The strongest objections to fiat money are moral and institutional, not legal. Inflating a currency erodes trust over time, but it isn’t counterfeiting.
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Liberty Eroding, Gold Rising: 30 Years of Warning
The dollar’s lost half its value and the price of gold exploded since our author first warned that politicians are ruining our purchasing power.
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Trump’s 39% Tariff on Gold: Revenue Grab or Prelude to Revaluation?
The new levy rattled global markets, but that may be just the beginning. History teaches us to be wary when the government targets gold.
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The Fed’s Gold Standard Confusion
While in theory, fiat money may be cheaper to maintain than a gold standard, in practice, central banks fail to deliver long-run price stability.
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Gold-Backed or Bust: Judy Shelton’s Plan to Tame the Fed and Restore the Dollar
‘Good as Gold’ makes the case for exchangeability. Currency should be a standard the people can rely on, not a lever for the powerful.
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•
Gobbledegook! The Bretton Woods System of Fixed Exchange Rates According to E.C. Harwood
“In 1954, Harwood testified in the US Senate about the ‘advantages of returning to the full gold standard with the nation’s currency redeemable in gold coin on demand,’ as it had been throughout most of the nation’s history before the New Deal.” ~Robert E. Wright
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Dedollarization, the BRICS Expansion, and Sound Money
“Russia and China are leading an effort to not only strengthen cooperation between the five nation BRICS core but to expand the membership of BRICS into a ‘BRICS+.’” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Only a Retail Gold Standard Could Dethrone the Dollar
“If a large subset of countries, like the BRICS, adopted the retail gold standard, the United States and the European Union would have to join, or watch demand for their fiat currencies decline.” ~ Robert E. Wright and Byron B. Carson III