CRS study of U.S. gold standard history

Congressional Research Service study of U.S. gold standard history

Submitted by cpowell on Sat, 2011-08-20 17:05. Section: Daily Dispatches

1p ET Saturday, August 20, 2011

Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:

Thanks to our friend R.R. in Oregon for alerting us to a history of the gold standard in the United States that was published a couple of months ago by the Congressional Research Service. Among other things, it outlines the U.S. government's various attempts to rig the currency markets and repudiate its currency obligations over the years. Amazingly, some people who work for precious metals consulting firms or who write commentary about the gold and silver markets deny that such things ever could have happened or could happen again. But such deception is getting harder.

The Congressional Research Service study is titled "Brief History of the Gold Standard in the United States" and you can find it here:

http://www.gata.org/files/CRSHistoryOfUSGoldStandard.pdf

CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer
Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee Inc.