Whistlestops and Pickpockets

Originally posted on Tuesday, November 20th, 2012 Political challenges to the gold standard have a colorful history. The campaigns of William Jennings Bryan remain the, well, gold standard, for color. In the Boston Globe Katherine Whittemore, in an October 27th review...

The Price of The Dollar in Gold

Originally posted Tuesday, November 06, 2012 Share A key issue in restoring the gold standard is the determination of the new definitional price of the currency in gold.  If the price is set too high it will cause some level of inflationary surge.  If the price is set...

So How do You Purify Gold?

Originally posted Thursday, November 01, 2012 Share So how exactly is gold extracted from gold ore? The Primus Report recently gave an elegant account: So how do you purify the gold? More importantly do you have enough gold to make the process worth while?  Most folks...