Mises Daily
Author:
Robert P. Murphy
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David Frum is on the warpath. In a National Review Online blog post , then an NPR commentary , and most recently in a National Post article , Frum has mercilessly ridiculed the gold standard. But as with most modern critiques of the “bad old days” of the laissez-faire 19th century, Frum’s analysis is fraught with theoretical and historical