Down with Legal Tender
Legal tender laws create special privileges for government money. That kills true currency competition and favors the state's monopoly power.
Gold Standard
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The Gold-Exchange Standard in Operation: 1926–1929
The new "gold-exchange standard" of the 1920s was a new concoction of the world's regimes after the Great War. It certainly wasn't a true gold standard.
Bretton Woods and the Spoliation of Europe
Gold was only included in the plans for the Bretton Woods system because of the veneer of solidity it gave.
The End of the Gold Standard. Fifty Years of Monetary Insanity
The gold standard supposed a limit to the fiscal voracity of governments, and suspending it unleashed the perverse proclivity of the states toward indebtedness and to pass the current imbalances on to future generations.
The Demise of the Gold Standard
Nixon’s closing the gold window should be seen as the end of the last remnant of the gold standard, not some kind of market failure. Governments controlled most of the gold and set its price.
The End of the Gold Standard. Fifty Years of Monetary Insanity
The gold standard supposed a limit to the fiscal voracity of governments, and suspending it unleashed the perverse proclivity of the states toward indebtedness and to pass the current imbalances on to future generations.
Bretton Woods and the Spoliation of Europe
Gold was only included in the plans for the Bretton Woods system because of the veneer of solidity it gave.
The Demise of the Gold Standard
Nixon’s closing the gold window should be seen as the end of the last remnant of the gold standard, not some kind of market failure. Governments controlled most of the gold and set its price.
The Fiat Standard with Dr. Saifedean Ammous
On the fiftieth anniversary of Nixon's gold shock, The Fiat Standard is an amazing explication of how the West fell to its current state. You don't want to miss this show, especially Saifedean's epic takedown of fiat academia at the end!
