Explore the bimetallic standard, a monetary system where governments accept gold and silver coins as legal tender, providing ...

Each economic crisis brought on by loose money brings on a “solution” of...looser money. This pattern is not just a threat to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat ...

The modern monetary system, built on fiat money, has weak foundations similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, risking economic instability and collapse. Historical debasement practices, like those of ...