Gold

Could Fractional-Reserve Banking Work with a Gold Standard?

FDR’s Other ‘Day of Infamy’: When the US Government Seized All Citizens’ Gold

How Sound Money Won the Battle of Yorktown—and Saved the American Revolution

How the United States Conquered Inflation Following the Civil War

Why 42 States Have Removed Taxes from the Purchase of Gold and Silver

Why Australia’s Gold Rush Ushered in Political Freedom (as Well as Wealth)

Bitcoin Uses Half the Energy of the Banking System: New Paper

A Georgia Gold Rush Story: The Rise and Fall of America’s First Private Gold-Coin Mint

Value Creation, Rumpelstiltskin, and the 8-Year-Old Who Turns Rocks Into Cash

An Economic Ecosystem Has Sprouted From New York City’s Recycling Initiative

Central Banks Are Purchasing Gold at Record Highs. Why?

What That Giant Asteroid of Gold Would Really Do to the Economy

The Gold Standard Didn’t Create the Great Depression, the Federal Reserve Did

Blaming Gold for the 1930s Is Like Kim Jong-un Blaming the Foot for His Height

How Economics Would Have Spoiled Goldfinger’s Sinister Plot if James Bond Hadn’t

Why Bitcoin Is Technically an Inflationary Currency—Even Though Its Purchasing Power Is Increasing

How a Bitcoin System Is Like and Unlike a Gold Standard

The World Isn’t Fiat Anymore

Fed Official Decries Bitcoin as “Not Backed”

Combining Bitcoin with Gold