Will the Gold Standard Return in 2017 Under Donald Trump?

Several voices in President-elect Donald Trump's circle of economic advisers have expressed support for putting the United States back on the gold...

Crude Oil Is the New Gold Standard

Today I want to tell you a story about the steak bandit. Just stay with me here. This is a story about energy - especially crude...

A History of the Gold Standard

This history of the gold standard explains why there's a growing group of advocates calling for its return...

President Herbert Hoover...

By The 2016 Election Gold Could Be $3700 an Ounce

It's now two years and two billion dollars later...

And in many ways, we're right back where we started with the same President, and a...

The Secret Return to the "Gold Standard"

Although it happened more than 40 years ago, many Americans still rue the day back in 1971 when U.S. President Richard M. Nixon...

Gold Bugs Love It, But a New Gold Standard is Just a Dream --For Now

Thanks largely to Ron Paul, the Republicans have suddenly become enamored of gold.

And why not?...It is real money.

These...

Election 2012: Why the GOP Is Really Talking About the Gold Standard

One of the most surprising proposals from the Republican National Convention was that the GOP platform for

Republicans Support Return to Gold Standard

Five years of liberal monetary policy have made the rarely considered notion of a return to the gold standard a genuine issue on the Republican...

Should Iceland's Next Currency Be the Canadian Loonie or Gold?


My eyes nearly popped out of my head when I read this headline: "Iceland Considers Adopting Canadian Loonie."

The loonie is...

U.S. Gold Standard Debate Heats Up on 40th Anniversary of "Nixon Shock'

When U.S. President Richard M. Nixon announced on Aug.15, 1971...

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