Book Review: _The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect_

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01/10/2022 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Robert P. Murphy

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Book Review: _The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect_

_The Gold Standard_ is a useful collection for those readers who want an evenhanded analysis of the monetary mechanism, in contrast to the casual dismissals that the gold standard currently receives even from professional economists. Put out by the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)—an organization that historically stood for sound money—these essays strike a balance between accessibility to the lay reader yet with enough sophistication to be of interest to the researcher.

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Robert P. Murphy, "Book Review: <i>The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect</i>," Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 24 (2022).

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