Obviously, if people thought the gold standard caused the Great Depression, they wouldn’t get together in 1944 to make a new world gold standard that was even more safe and secure (they thought ...

On today's Planet Money, investment manager and author Liaquat Ahamed traces the roots of the Great Depression to a series of decisions by central bankers, including a return to the gold standard.

Back To The Gold Standard - And The Great Depression (Video) Jan. 26, 2012 5:23 PM ET GLD, IAU 45 Comments. Russ Koesterich, CFA. 3.6K Followers. Follow.

The experience of the Great Depression shows that the loss of the use of monetary policy as a stabilization tool can be quite costly. ... Since the gold standard is a proven bad idea, ...

Monetary policy: The United States was on the gold standard in the 1930s, ... "When income fell in the Great Depression, after-tax income and expenditures fell a lot too," Taylor said.

It would drop the Gold Standard during the Great Depression in 1933. What Was The Gold Standard? A gold standard is a system in which the standard economic unit — in the case of we Americans ...

The gold standard did not cause the Great Depression, but global policies of heavy taxation and tariffs, plus nosebleed spending, did.

Krugman, The Gold Standard and the Great Depression Economics / Economic Depression Oct 30, 2009 - 05:21 AM GMT. By: Robert_Murphy Paul Krugman has concentrated his fire recently on those ...

The Gold Standard Did Not Cause The Great Depression Ralph Benko | Nov 11, 2014 The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.

The Gold Standard Did Not Cause The Great Depression, Part 2 Ralph Benko | Nov 12, 2014 The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of Townhall.com.