How Gold Ruled the World: The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard

Описание: In 1933, you could walk into a bank with a $20 bill and leave with an ounce of pure gold. Today, that feels like a fairy tale. But why did the world move away from a system of "honest money" toward the digital credit we use today?

In this visual deep-dive, we explore the Gold Standard—not just as a collection of shiny bars, but as the world’s first global operating system. We break down:

The Price-Specie Flow Mechanism: How the world self-regulated its wealth.

The Great War: Why total war and fixed gold reserves were incompatible.

The Golden Fetters: How the system that promised stability ended up causing the Great Depression.

The Pivot to Fiat: What we gained in flexibility and what we lost in purchasing power.

Whether you’re a gold bug, a Bitcoin enthusiast, or just curious about how the gears of global finance turn, this blueprint will change how you look at the money in your pocket.


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Gold Standard history
economics of gold
fiat vs gold
monetary policy explained
the Great Depression causes
Federal Reserve history
Bretton Woods system
1971 gold window
inflation vs deflation
why we left the gold standard
Price-Specie Flow Mechanism
golden fetters theory
David Hume economics
Austrian Economics vs Keynesian
sound money
purchasing power of the dollar
central bank digital currency (CBDC) vs gold

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