Once again people are confusing a GOLD STANDARD, which is the FIXING of a price for gold, with the fact that gold is a TANGIBLE value that is freely floating in value. The former never works while the latter has been in place for thousands of years.
Why Standards Have Always Collapsed
Posted Nov 28, 2012 by Martin Armstrong |
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