Essential Reading: This page includes a number of articles (from various sources) that we consider essential reading for everyone interested in the Gold Standard. You can read the articles online or download a PDF version that can be printed.
The Best Plan: No Plan by Larken Rose Suppose you were given the task of coming up with a master plan to make sure that everyone in this country, all 300,000,000 or so of us, had enough food to eat. It's all up to you! View in PDF Download The Word Document
More Dress Rehearsal For The Last Contango by Antal E. FeketeProfessor Fekete has produced another excellent piece in response to massive feedback from his article of a few days ago. Download or read it online.Read Online Download PDF Download The Word Document
Remobilize Gold To Save The World Economy! by Antal E. FeketeAn open letter to Paul Volcker, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, 1979-1987; Chairman of President Obama's Economic Recovery Advisory Board.Read Online Download PDF
The Federal Reserve As An Engine of Deflation by Antal E. FeketeA very recent article (July 2009) by Professor Fekete explains the consequences of the Federal Reserve's open market purchases of Treasury bills.Read Online
Proof of Lying By Omission by Edward Ulysess Cate of GreatRedDragon.comIn 1878, William H. Van Northwick of New Jersey USA wrote a fascinating 8 page pamphlet titled The Struggle of Labor with an Inflated, Unredeemed Currency and Its Paupering Results.Introduction Download the original booklet as an 8 page PDF file
Gold Wars : Military Conflicts, Gold and Currency Crises by Ferdinand LipsThe complete transcript of a speech given by Ferdinand Lips at the University of St. Gallen on 24 June 2004 as part of the International Finance & Security lecture series.Read Online Download PDF
Central Bank Folly. A commentary regarding Sweden's Riksbank by Jacq Ludwig.Read Online Download PDF
The Vanishing Of The Gold Basis by Antal E. FeketeA paper presented at the Santa Colomba Conference on the International Monetary System, July 2009.Read Online Download PDF
Is Aggregate Debt Excessive? by Antal E. FeketeA paper presented at the Santa Colomba Conference on the International Monetary System, July 2009.Read Online Download PDF
The Quiet Coup by Simon JohnsonSimon Johnson worked as chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. In this recent essay he says "What we face now, could in fact, be worse than the great depression..."Read Online
Gold And Why Gold Now by Darryl Robert SchoonEditor's note: The following Word document from Darryl Schoon is a little away from the Gold Standard, but it is a timely reminder of why a Gold Standard is so desperately needed. Download The Word Document
The Metastasis of Moral Hazard and its Effect on Gold by Stewart DoughertyThe US Congress (and much of the nation) is in utter denial about the country's... and the world's... unfolding monetary catastrophe. Stewart Dougherty writes a compelling article about the causes of this disaster, the denial surrounding it, and the only possible solution to restoring economic health; the return to constitutional money, that is gold and silver. This article is truly a must read. Read the article online and forward it to your friends...or download the PDF.Read Online Download PDF Download The Word Document
Gold Is Pale Because It Has So Many Thieves Plotting Against It by Antal E. Fekete"We are watching a game of musical chairs. When the music stops, paper claims to gold will be dishonored, and the gold futures markets will tumble down just like the Twin Towers..." A recent article (August 29 2009) by Professor Fekete. Read or download the full article (and forward it to your friends).Read Online Download PDF Download The Word Document
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