The US gold reserves in Fort Knox are a legacy of the time the US government confiscated private gold and reneged on its promises to pay its debts in gold.
The New GOP-Organized Labor Alliance Will Not Help the Working Classes
Connor O’Keeffe
Organized labor, which long has been the bedrock of the Democratic Party, is being courted by the MAGA Republicans trying to bolster their image with the “working classes.” But labor unions are no true friend to the working class.
In Stiglitz’s latest book, The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society, his description of what he thought F.A. Hayek believed is a caricature of Hayek’s thought.
How FDR’s Attack on the Gold Standard Spawned an Age of Inflation
Franklin Roosevelt’s attacks on the gold standard ushered in “the age of inflation” that has now robbed generations of Americans through the inflation tax.