Stuart Englert

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Happy New Year: A Toast to 50 Years of Legalized Gold

12/31/2024 Mises Wire Stuart Englert

On New Year’s Eve 1974, President Gerald Ford snuck in an executive order legalizing private gold ownership, revoking FDR’s previous policies banning gold “hoarding.”

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