by Ralph Benko | Sep 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Share “(Lewis) Lehrman had in mind a traditional gold standard, restoring dollar convertibility into gold, although he also proposed changing Federal Reserve institutional arrangements, prohibiting open market...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, September 13th, 2012 A particularly notorious part of FDR’s efforts to find a way to lift the Depression was an executive order requiring all, with very narrow limitations, under threat of prosecution, to turn in their gold...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Share The China Post: “One platform of the recent U.S. Republican National Convention that, ultimately, could reverberate around the world is a plan to study a possible return of the U.S. to the gold standard. While...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted Saturday, September 08, 2012 Share “For currency printers, like undertakers and journalists, upheaval and tumult are good for business.” — The New York Times Hardly any thought is given to the business of printing currency … a...
by Ralph Benko | Sep 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on Thursday, September 6th, 2012 “…government of the people, by the people, for the people….” Abraham Lincoln This image, quoting the immortal word of Lincoln, is being used at Wikipedia as a theme for its series on public...
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