Why we should bring back the Gold Standard

The subject of the Gold Standard excites the passions of many, who are either vehemently for it or against it. Here, one gold advocate explains why returning to the Gold Standard would benefit everyone.

For some reason, there are a lot of people out there who can't stand the gold standard. Maybe their hostility is in reaction to the large (and growing) number of gold bugs who think the worst day in history was August 15, 1971. But since I'm an economist, not a psychoanalyst, all I can really do is patiently explain how silly the anti-gold arguments are, rather than speculate on the motives of their authors. For today's article I will focus on a recent Bloomberg piece with the suggestive title, "Gold Standard Fans Yearn for Great Depression."

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