The Dangerous Idea of Going Back to Gold Standard
January 19, 2011 at 11:33 AM EST
There has been a recent upswing in conservative articles discussing the idea of going back to some sort of gold standard. I don’t think people realize how dangerous this idea is. You can’t just “give it a shot” and see how it works out. It’s like marrying the daughter of a Mafia chieftain–you need to [...]