Post Mortem on the Swiss Gold Initiative
The Swiss gold initiative has failed, and although it was portrayed as a very radical bill by supporters of fiat money, it was a very mild effort that would not have done much to limit the Swiss central bank.
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Euro Disaster Plans
The Netherlands and Germany have disaster plans for the Euro. Do you?
Federal Reserve Attacks the Gold Standard
A good sign for the future: Fed economist attacks the Gold Standard.
A Golden Opportunity for Switzerland
The Swiss are set to vote on a new initiative requiring the central bank to keep at least 20 percent of its assets in gold." How would such a measure be enacted and how would it affect Switzerland's economy?
The Daily Bell Lambastes Swiss Bankers on Their Opposition to the Gold Referendum
The Daily Bell skewers the Swiss banking class for its hostility to the upcoming gold referendum. Still, as the article points out, central bankers are now on the defensive.
An Analysis of the Swiss Gold Initiative
If you read German: Thorsten Polleit has written a rather detailed analysis of the Swiss gold initiative
Money, Subjective Value, and Gold
The quasi-gold standard promoted by Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames in their new book has more in common with the Bretton Woods system than with the classical gold standard.
NJ Political Heavyweights Debate Gold Standard
During the past two weeks, James Florio, a former Democratic governor of New Jersey, and Steve Lonegan, the 2013 Republican nominee for U.S.
