The Gold Standard Act of 1900 and After
Chapter for Murray Rothbard's Origins of the Federal Reserve.
Gold Standard
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Why We Now Measure Gold in Dollars — and Not the Other Way Around
A major catalyst behind the collapse of the Bretton Woods system was the loose monetary policies of the US central bank, which pushed the price of gold in the gold market above the official $35 per ounce.
The Monetary Breakdown of the West
In March 1968, a crisis of confidence in the dollar on the free gold markets led the United States to effect a fundamental change in the monetary system.
A Brief (and Messy) History of Modern Gold Standards
After World War I, the term "gold standard" took on many meanings — a fact that eventually led to that standard’s degradation and abrogation.
2.3. A History of Money and Banking in the United States Before the 20th Century, Part 3
Ron Paul's 1982 book on monetary reform.
