Topic: Gold standard

Bernanke Schools Ron Paul's Potential Fans on the Gold Standard

Reuters

We wondered Tuesday morning why Ben Bernanke was offering a live-streamed lecture series to college students on the history of the Federal Reserve, and now we have at least one answer: He's reaching out to young people -- the young people who conveniently make up a core constituency of notorious Fed-antagonist Ron Paul.

By Adam Martin

Aug 15, 2011

Remembering Nixon's Gold-Standard Gamble: Interrupting 'Bonanza'

Announcing a major policy change during prime time

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