Dave, this is a thought provoking article! Obviously, you have reflected much on the potential challenges, limitations and dangers of the United States potentially reverting back to a Gold standard. This was informative for me since I have not thought through it previously. You make a valid, convincing proposal for a modern monetary policy. However, a concern I have is that with the central banks having this autonomous authority will they actually allow for the transparency and accountability for internal and external checks and balances imposed upon them from internal and external sources/entities? Yet, you stated this policy is not without its challenges and limitations. Thank you for this excellent thought out piece of work on this subject. This is an excellent starting point for future discussions with my family, friends, and colleagues regarding these matters! Moreover, it appears these matters are coming to the American people very soon regardless if we are indifferent and/or uniformed with this subject matter!
Very informative piece. Yet concerning since we are not a democracy. We are a Republic. Everything written about inflation and deflation is exactly what is wrong with the central bank system right now. I feel like this piece wants us to stay right where we are with this non-transparent government. They have too much power and it’s obviously easy to hide from the American people. I’m quite unsettled by the writing here and now question the intention of this magazine. It’s good to see all sides in any situation. Unfortunately we have learned the corrupt nature of the central bank that doesn’t even belong to this country and is not for the people. Paper burns and you can’t pay for anything with ashes. You can purchase goods and services with solid gold or silver that is tangible. I’m seriously confused by this article.
I left a comment here and it was not posted. I guess they didn’t like my opposing view on this. We are a Republic and not a democracy. Paper burns to ash, gold is tangible.
Modern Monetary Policy , What a train wreck.
Of course a single peg say Gold at a fixed price is a bad Idea , made to fail.
Bretton woods comes to mind, or post WW1 Fixed rate of Gold , see a pattern?
Why only one commodity ? One needs only to go back to the coinage act of 1873 in order to see the first signs of price fixing on only one commodity. Not every country has Gold to mine or silver for that matter.
Todays monetary policy of Fiat currency will fail, every and I mean every Fiat currency has failed 100 percent of the time.
The Fix I believe is a basket of commodities Gold, Silver, Gas, Oil, Rare Earth, Grains, perhaps Thorium .
The Mirage is man made currency for its not money ,,, Father God gave us money Gold and Silver
Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! What do we want to get worked up about next? One world order sounds good to you? Not me. Gold standard is the way!!!! Look at the mess we are in since leaving the gold backed currency. It’s much better to be out of thin air! LOL
Starting to think this is Dave’s job – to stir up debate playing the “devil’s advocate” – to get people talking and examining the topics. I can see how this could be an effective catalyst and apparently it is. Go Dave!
Your article reminds me of a famous quotation. Having read a paper by a young physicist, the famous physicist, Wolfgang Pauli, remarked sadly, “It is not even wrong.” “The dollar” is our unit of market value. Having an undefined, floating unit of measure imposes enormous economic costs, whether the unit in question is “the second” or “the dollar.” It is technically impossible to implement a gold standard under today’s conditions, but we need a defined, stable dollar. The Fed should bring the CRB Index up to 300.00 (from 273.57 today) and keep it there forever.
Why does Dave use the words (Central Bank”? Why not “Federal Reserve”; the name everyone knows. Here is the problem. The Federal Reserve, created in 1913 when Congress passed and signed by President Woodrow Wilson;
which created a private corporation owned by bankers. Simple said, the Federal Reserve is in no way controlled by WE THE PEOPLE through our U.S. Constitution.
My question, who controls our nation’s gold in Ft Knox? Why cannot WE THE PEOPLE conduct an audit of our gold in that fault, now managed, by that private corporation, owned by bankers, the Federal Reserve
Hello, I am not a expert and if anything am ignorant when it comes to the financial functions of money systems. However, from all that I have learned regarding our banking system over the past three years, I am surprised really by the position of this article and it was certainly not the stance I thought it was going to take on the issue. It was my understanding that the future financial banking system was going to be returning to gold backed currencies and especially with the BRIC’s nations forming, I thought there is going to be a stabilization of money due to gold hedging in the future. Am I wrong or did Texas just pass in Sept of 2023 gold back currency. While I know the future of crypto’s and tokens will play a roll in exchanges and the future will have new caveats and potentials due to this, I still was under the impressions we were some how returning to past foundation with promising potential. So to my surprise this article gave the impression that the past and gold backed monetary ideas are not profitable and if anything negative. Aside from this, I did learn the general principals of monetary systems from this piece. Regardless of what direction we may go, I hope it is a prosperous one. Glad for the return of George and glad to witness this comeback. For, I remember sitting watching news of Trump and JFK JR witnessing history in the making not realizing that we would be coming full circle to present day events. It’s a beautiful story. I just hope the sleepers and the ignorant will see the magnificence of this story.
Don’t even know where to begin with this article. I am laughing so hard. I can’t even believe this is a real opinion after the clear demonstation of monetary abuse we’ve lived through.
He clearly wants to keep the system we’ve been in going. A continuation of central banking means the printing machine continues to stay in the hands of those who have already demonstrated themselves to be completely corrupt and enticing to those who open themselves to be corrupted. The current system is centralized control which ultimately plays favorites by picking winners and losers and dampens individual freedom. Seriously, I’m having a hard time believing this guy is genuine.
However, if he IS (big IF), it appears he is saying he is worried that being on a gold standard would make countries and lending institutions vulnerable to actual pricing mechanisms which could hurt them, ie making them accountable for their decisions. The very nature of being held accountable forces investors to be cautious (not the free money that’s been going on) and makes the voting public cautious of their choices (but more importantly forces the voting public to follow up on their selections).
I am open to considering any system as long as a group of select elites don’t have access to a printing machine which bribes politicans and industry to our demise.
Central banking has not been kind to us. It is currently trying to destroy national sovereignty and conduct land grabs.
While it is true that gold forces countries who make bad decisions into a corner (nobody wants people to be ‘punished’), a country who uses a ‘basket’ of goods and services as their currency equivalent to gold can do debt restructuring just like ORDINARY people and households do. The more I write about this, the more I realize this guy is pulling our chain.
Finally, remember when we used to issue war bonds? Yeah, they don’t like that.
Hi Nikki. Where would you get all of the gold to support the social and military programs that we have in the USA currently? And if that amount of gold is NOT available then what social programs and what parts of the military budget would you cut?
Good question but placing increased accountability and freedom back into the market place could actually lead to a much safer and economically secure world. It’s hard to go to war with countries you have transparent economic relationships with. And it’s easier to work, be healthy, and contribute to society when there are good opportunities that speak to your talents.
I then have to theorize that social and military program budgets wouldn’t need to be as big as they are now. It’s true I have no concrete data to support this because we are in some unchartered waters, but this seems very intuitive.
If I’m wrong, and we still needed large budgets, I know many believe we could cut AT LEAST half the budgets of both programs without anyone even noticing. It’s not a shock to acknowledge there is a high degree of corruption and ineffective administration in both. But there is also growing sentiment that social and military budgets are ballooning without the informed consent of the people (like what’s in a dark budget? What’s in an experimental shot? We can’t know). The people that push these things appear to be funded from central, non-gold, modern monetary theory, bankers. Some of these programs even appear to be working antagonistically to our health and military welfare, ironically causing both social and military budgets to grow higher.
Dave, this is a thought provoking article! Obviously, you have reflected much on the potential challenges, limitations and dangers of the United States potentially reverting back to a Gold standard. This was informative for me since I have not thought through it previously. You make a valid, convincing proposal for a modern monetary policy. However, a concern I have is that with the central banks having this autonomous authority will they actually allow for the transparency and accountability for internal and external checks and balances imposed upon them from internal and external sources/entities? Yet, you stated this policy is not without its challenges and limitations. Thank you for this excellent thought out piece of work on this subject. This is an excellent starting point for future discussions with my family, friends, and colleagues regarding these matters! Moreover, it appears these matters are coming to the American people very soon regardless if we are indifferent and/or uniformed with this subject matter!
Very informative piece. Yet concerning since we are not a democracy. We are a Republic. Everything written about inflation and deflation is exactly what is wrong with the central bank system right now. I feel like this piece wants us to stay right where we are with this non-transparent government. They have too much power and it’s obviously easy to hide from the American people. I’m quite unsettled by the writing here and now question the intention of this magazine. It’s good to see all sides in any situation. Unfortunately we have learned the corrupt nature of the central bank that doesn’t even belong to this country and is not for the people. Paper burns and you can’t pay for anything with ashes. You can purchase goods and services with solid gold or silver that is tangible. I’m seriously confused by this article.
I left a comment here and it was not posted. I guess they didn’t like my opposing view on this. We are a Republic and not a democracy. Paper burns to ash, gold is tangible.
Modern Monetary Policy , What a train wreck.
Of course a single peg say Gold at a fixed price is a bad Idea , made to fail.
Bretton woods comes to mind, or post WW1 Fixed rate of Gold , see a pattern?
Why only one commodity ? One needs only to go back to the coinage act of 1873 in order to see the first signs of price fixing on only one commodity. Not every country has Gold to mine or silver for that matter.
Todays monetary policy of Fiat currency will fail, every and I mean every Fiat currency has failed 100 percent of the time.
The Fix I believe is a basket of commodities Gold, Silver, Gas, Oil, Rare Earth, Grains, perhaps Thorium .
The Mirage is man made currency for its not money ,,, Father God gave us money Gold and Silver
Crazy! Crazy! Crazy! What do we want to get worked up about next? One world order sounds good to you? Not me. Gold standard is the way!!!! Look at the mess we are in since leaving the gold backed currency. It’s much better to be out of thin air! LOL
Starting to think this is Dave’s job – to stir up debate playing the “devil’s advocate” – to get people talking and examining the topics. I can see how this could be an effective catalyst and apparently it is. Go Dave!
Well…you get it!
Your article reminds me of a famous quotation. Having read a paper by a young physicist, the famous physicist, Wolfgang Pauli, remarked sadly, “It is not even wrong.” “The dollar” is our unit of market value. Having an undefined, floating unit of measure imposes enormous economic costs, whether the unit in question is “the second” or “the dollar.” It is technically impossible to implement a gold standard under today’s conditions, but we need a defined, stable dollar. The Fed should bring the CRB Index up to 300.00 (from 273.57 today) and keep it there forever.
Why does Dave use the words (Central Bank”? Why not “Federal Reserve”; the name everyone knows. Here is the problem. The Federal Reserve, created in 1913 when Congress passed and signed by President Woodrow Wilson;
which created a private corporation owned by bankers. Simple said, the Federal Reserve is in no way controlled by WE THE PEOPLE through our U.S. Constitution.
My question, who controls our nation’s gold in Ft Knox? Why cannot WE THE PEOPLE conduct an audit of our gold in that fault, now managed, by that private corporation, owned by bankers, the Federal Reserve
Hello, I am not a expert and if anything am ignorant when it comes to the financial functions of money systems. However, from all that I have learned regarding our banking system over the past three years, I am surprised really by the position of this article and it was certainly not the stance I thought it was going to take on the issue. It was my understanding that the future financial banking system was going to be returning to gold backed currencies and especially with the BRIC’s nations forming, I thought there is going to be a stabilization of money due to gold hedging in the future. Am I wrong or did Texas just pass in Sept of 2023 gold back currency. While I know the future of crypto’s and tokens will play a roll in exchanges and the future will have new caveats and potentials due to this, I still was under the impressions we were some how returning to past foundation with promising potential. So to my surprise this article gave the impression that the past and gold backed monetary ideas are not profitable and if anything negative. Aside from this, I did learn the general principals of monetary systems from this piece. Regardless of what direction we may go, I hope it is a prosperous one. Glad for the return of George and glad to witness this comeback. For, I remember sitting watching news of Trump and JFK JR witnessing history in the making not realizing that we would be coming full circle to present day events. It’s a beautiful story. I just hope the sleepers and the ignorant will see the magnificence of this story.
Don’t even know where to begin with this article. I am laughing so hard. I can’t even believe this is a real opinion after the clear demonstation of monetary abuse we’ve lived through.
He clearly wants to keep the system we’ve been in going. A continuation of central banking means the printing machine continues to stay in the hands of those who have already demonstrated themselves to be completely corrupt and enticing to those who open themselves to be corrupted. The current system is centralized control which ultimately plays favorites by picking winners and losers and dampens individual freedom. Seriously, I’m having a hard time believing this guy is genuine.
However, if he IS (big IF), it appears he is saying he is worried that being on a gold standard would make countries and lending institutions vulnerable to actual pricing mechanisms which could hurt them, ie making them accountable for their decisions. The very nature of being held accountable forces investors to be cautious (not the free money that’s been going on) and makes the voting public cautious of their choices (but more importantly forces the voting public to follow up on their selections).
I am open to considering any system as long as a group of select elites don’t have access to a printing machine which bribes politicans and industry to our demise.
Central banking has not been kind to us. It is currently trying to destroy national sovereignty and conduct land grabs.
While it is true that gold forces countries who make bad decisions into a corner (nobody wants people to be ‘punished’), a country who uses a ‘basket’ of goods and services as their currency equivalent to gold can do debt restructuring just like ORDINARY people and households do. The more I write about this, the more I realize this guy is pulling our chain.
Finally, remember when we used to issue war bonds? Yeah, they don’t like that.
Hi Nikki. Where would you get all of the gold to support the social and military programs that we have in the USA currently? And if that amount of gold is NOT available then what social programs and what parts of the military budget would you cut?
Good question but placing increased accountability and freedom back into the market place could actually lead to a much safer and economically secure world. It’s hard to go to war with countries you have transparent economic relationships with. And it’s easier to work, be healthy, and contribute to society when there are good opportunities that speak to your talents.
I then have to theorize that social and military program budgets wouldn’t need to be as big as they are now. It’s true I have no concrete data to support this because we are in some unchartered waters, but this seems very intuitive.
If I’m wrong, and we still needed large budgets, I know many believe we could cut AT LEAST half the budgets of both programs without anyone even noticing. It’s not a shock to acknowledge there is a high degree of corruption and ineffective administration in both. But there is also growing sentiment that social and military budgets are ballooning without the informed consent of the people (like what’s in a dark budget? What’s in an experimental shot? We can’t know). The people that push these things appear to be funded from central, non-gold, modern monetary theory, bankers. Some of these programs even appear to be working antagonistically to our health and military welfare, ironically causing both social and military budgets to grow higher.