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Gold Standard

A Meme For Money, Part 2: The Conservative Framing

A Meme For Money, Part 2: The Conservative Framing

April 8, 2025May 31, 2023 by L. Randall Wray

We need an alternative meme, one that provides a frame that is consistent with a progressive social view and isn’t mired in the gold standard.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Barter, Gold Standard, Markets
CBO—Still Out of Paradigm after All These Years

CBO—Still Out of Paradigm after All These Years

October 28, 2024May 28, 2023 by Scott Fullwiler

Gold-standard thinking is inapplicable to a sovereign, currency-issuing government operating under flexible exchange rates.

Categories New Economic Perspectives Tags Gold Standard, National Debt
It Almost Happened Here

It Almost Happened Here: The Business Plot, Money Creation, And The Capital Order

November 22, 2024March 31, 2023 by Jonathan Kadmon

What power actually fears is that their carefully crafted illusions will go up in smoke.

Categories Economic Justice Tags Gold Standard, Propaganda

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