Antagonism Quote by Alan Greenspan

The superiority of the gold standard consists in the fact that the value of gold develops independent of political actions.

— Ludwig von Mises

The obsession with gold, actually and politically, occurs among those who regard economics as a branch of morality. Gold is solid, gold is durable,…

— Christopher Hitchens

A gold standard is the ideal monetary system for those who create wealth through ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and hard work. Gold standards are disfavored by…

— James Rickards

In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic. All of us, from the Governor of the Bank of England downwards, are now…

— John Maynard Keynes

There is, literally and figuratively, not a gold standard. That's almost as big a problem in art as in the financial world. How do…

— John Currin

The gold standard makes the money's purchasing power independent of the changing, ambitions and doctrines of political parties and pressure groups. This is not…

— Ludwig von Mises

It is particularly odd that economists who profess to be champions of a free-market economy, should go to such twists and turns to avoid…

— Murray Rothbard

The gold standard sooner or later will return with the force and inevitability of natural law, for it is the money of freedom and…

— Hans F. Sennholz

We are passing into a social phase in which unless a heroic effort is made for human dignity and freedom, gold will be the…

— Anonymous

The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited…

— Alan Greenspan

Many progressive economists insist that gold is now in essentially the same position as silver and that the arguments the simon-pure gold advocates use…

— Benjamin Graham

“America has, in fact, run trade deficits large enough to wipe out its gold hoard under the old rules of the game. Still, the…

— James Rickards