Gold: The Once and Future Money

10/20/2007 Mises Wire Robert Blumen

Publisher Wiley Business Finance has released a new book, Gold: The Once and Future Money by Nathan Lewis. Jim Puplava interviews the author on a wide-ranging podcast. Author Lewis displays a tremendous ability to translate economic concepts into very accessible terms. Their discussion covers inflation, deflation, Say's Law, the history of sound money, the effects of taxation on production, the division of labor, floating currencies, and a response to some of the fallacious critiques of gold as money.

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