Topic: Gold Standard

Central Banking, Currency, Economic Education, Gold Standard, Inflation, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Gold and Money” – Warren Gibson

– March 2, 2011

“Nothing seems to arouse passions—pro and con—quite like suggestions that gold should once again play a role in our money. “Only gold is money,” says one side. “It’s a barbarous relic,” says the other. Let’s turn down the heat a bit and look into some …

Central Banking, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Not Just Another Article Espousing the Gold Standard” – Forbes

– February 11, 2011

“America has what’s known as fiat currency. We now trust in the fallible humanity occupying the Fed and Treasury. Fiat currency has opened the door to any manner of mischief. As John Locke warned, America has left herself exposed to “the inconstant, un …

Currency, Fiscal Policy, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Banking, Sound Money Project

“Gold May Rise as European Sovereign-Debt Crisis Spurs Demand for a Haven”

– January 12, 2011

“Gold, little changed in London, may rise after a member of theFederal Reserve said the bank could pare back stimulus measures and Europe’s governments wrestled with the sovereign-debt crisis, boosting demand for a haven. Federal Reserve Bank of Philad …

Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

Good piece by Bell and Danker on Forbes

– January 11, 2011

“Would-be reformers have tried to devise solutions designed in large part to avoid including gold, but none have caught fire or shown themselves to be as transparent and simple as the gold standard. The only real debate is between paper money and gold- …

Central Banking, Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Fed Policy, Emerging Market Inflation Keep Gold’s Buzz in 2011” – Forbes

– January 6, 2011

“Another source of demand could be central banks. The IMF’s sales quota will run its course and possible sellers like the German Bundesbank and the Swiss National Bank have said they have no intention of unloading bullion, HSBC says. Meanwhile, Asian c …

Currency, Fiscal Policy, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project, Unemployment

“Domestic Inflation Versus International Solvency” – Gary North

– December 2, 2010

“The nation which indulges itself with an inflationary “boom” inev itably faces the economic conse quences: either runaway inflation or a serious recession-depression. If the inflation should cease, unem ployment will increase, and the earlier forecast …

Central Banking, Economic Growth, Gold Standard, Inflation, International, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Mahathir Says Currency Trading ‘Silly’, Advocates Return to Peg”

– November 16, 2010

“Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who fought off an attack on the ringgit with capital controls during the Asian financial crisis, said currency trading is “silly” and the world should return to the Bretton Woods System of fixed exchan …

Central Banking, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money Project

“Back to a Gold Standard?”

– November 12, 2010

“The gold standard shackled central bankers to a sinking ship. When countries left the gold standard, they began to recover. Countries that were never on the gold standard had very mild recessions during the Great Depression. Why would we ever want to …

Central Banking, Free Banking, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Banking, Sound Money Project

Getting on Track

– November 12, 2010

On Wednesday, November 10, Sound Money held a panel at annual Liberty Forum hosted by Atlas. The panel featured Judy Shelton, Sean Fieler and Steven Horwitz, with Matt Kibbe of FreedomWorks acting as moderator. Perhaps it is a bit self-serving to say t …

Central Banking, Currency, Economic Education, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

A Return to the Gold Standard? – Richard Ebeling

– November 11, 2010

“Monetary central planning has worked no better than any other form of central planning over the last one hundred years. The world’s central bankers – just like the central planners in the old Soviet Union – just do not have the knowledge, wisdom and a …

Central Banking, Free Banking, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Banking, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Toward a Free-Market Money”

– October 27, 2010

“Despite the overwhelming evidence that markets perform best when left alone by the government, it is still virtually taken for granted that one consumer product should be completely controlled by every government in the world. One product, so ubiquito …

Currency, Gold Standard, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Sound Money, Sound Money Project

“Managed Money” – Alan Reynolds

– October 21, 2010

“Hypothetical monetary systems always look better than actual experience. Economists therefore view their responsibility as deciding what characteristics money ought to have, then imposing that money on the public. The same economists presumably would …