gold standard

Can Bitcoin be Justin Lin’s Pure Gold?

Economist Justin Lin Yifu wants to replace the global currency system with a modern version of a gold standard but says digital currencies won’t work. He should reconsider.
April 21, 2014

Back to gold?

Economic crises tend to spur discussion of an end to political money and a return to some form of gold standard, but such talk is absurdly impractical.
August 25, 2011