gold std: try it now, tweak it later
According to several searches on the Internet, there were only 3 advocates of other than the current floating gold standard, or the prior fixed gold standard.
The more or less current world reserve currency, the US dollar, got off the fixed gold standard by executive order in 1971.
The safe-haven Swiss franc got off the fixed gold standard as a result of a referendum in 2000 that narrowly passed.
None of the three economists calling for a variable, also known as composite, gold and/or other commodities standard are with us anymore (Irving Fisher, 1867-1947, Piero Sraffa, 1898–1983, Fischer Black, 1938-1995).
The fixed gold standard may not be the answer but I think it makes a good bridge to a variable or composite standard advanced by the three.
It's time for somebody else to take their place and get this thing going immediately!
http://buygoldansilverlong.blogspot.com/2011/06/gold-std-try-it-now-tweak-it-later.html
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