by Ralph Benko | Jun 28, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted Thursday, June 28, 2012 Share “…and thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find nothing.” Many wise aphorisms got their start, in Western culture, from the works of Aesop, the...
by Ralph Benko | Jun 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Share Respectable gold standard advocates reject the premise that “in going off the gold standard in 1933, the U.S. switched from real money to fictional money.” The Straight Dope is an erudite and witty weekly...
by Ralph Benko | Jun 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted Friday, June 22, 2012 Share One senses that the discourse has changed, dramatically, when the Wall Street Journal states, in its account of the upcoming meeting of the G-20 “The gold standard …. (stopped) politicians succumbing to the...
by Ralph Benko | Jun 19, 2012 | Uncategorized
“They cannot suffer when paid in the best money known to man….” Originally posted Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Share The 1896 nomination of Williams Jennings Bryan caused a terrible rift in the Democratic Party, much of whose base was faithful to gold....
by Ralph Benko | Jun 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Friday, June 15th, 2012 “…the most comprehensive and ambitious exhibition ever to be staged in Goldsmiths’ Hall….” — Anthony Hilton The Goldsmiths’ Company writes: “Part of the pavement and the steps...
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