Bitcoin vs. Gold: What’s the Difference? (Video)
“In this episode of Liberty Curious, AIER Managing Editor David Waugh and Kate Wand discuss the differences between gold and bitcoin, and how each one might improve upon fiat currencies.” ~ AIER
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A Note on the New Russian “Gold Standard”
“Despite the clamor of incorrect headlines, Russia’s embrace of gold amid awful circumstances remains a positive step. Gold is tangentially being utilized to make an existing money more sound.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Are Gold Rubles Gold or Rubles?
“The loss of citizens’ purchasing power over decades was scarcely enough to drive states to introduce monetary reforms. It is not surprising that a newly-cast pariah state is embracing gold in a desperate bid to recapture some semblance of normalcy.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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How Societies Save For an Uncertain Future
“This is the problem that all societies have tried to overcome – moving value through time and ensuring our individual livelihood when we’re too old to produce the value that sustains us.” ~ Joakim Book
READ MOREAdvantages of Returning to the Full Gold Standard with the Nation’s Currency Redeemable in Gold Coin on Demand
Research Report 05/20/1954 Special Bulletin
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Ball and Blockchain: Company Marrying Gold to Cryptocurrencies
A company is trying to bring the calming influence of gold to the Wild West frontier of cryptocurrencies
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Might a Bitcoin Standard Be Good as Gold on Price Levels, Exchange Rates?
A monetary standard based on Bitcoin, a digital currency, would act something like the gold standard in making price levels more predictable and stabilizing exchange rates but would likely be undone by politicians and central bankers.
READ MORETexans May Be Writing Gold-Backed Checks Early Next Year
Texans’ writing checks as good as gold is just a few months from reality. In June, Texas state authorities selected the builder/operator and administrator for a depository that will store gold and other precious metals. The builder/operator, Austin-bas …
READ MORETexas Gold’s Homecoming May Be New Dawn for Alternative Currencies
Texas declared it wants to repatriate its gold, sending beams through the monetary world. Is this the long-awaited new day for alt-currency devotees or another false dawn? The Lone Star State is in the process of creating a gold-bullion depository that …
READ MOREGold and Liberty
Economic Education Bulletin Vol. XXXV, no. 4 | April, 1995 by Richard Salsman
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The Death of Bimetallism and the Gold Standard Act of 1900
In 1900, President William McKinley signed the Gold Standard Act, explicitly making gold the only commodity exchangeable for U.S. paper money.
READ MOREGold Also Glitters During Deflations
Empirical evidence shows that this proven inflationary hedge helps portfolios during any kind of price instability.
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