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The History of the Twentieth Century

239 A Barbarous Relic

Released: May 23, 2021

History seemed to teach that the gold standard was the key to prosperity. But the postwar world was a different place. Economist John Maynard Keynes dismissed the gold standard as a "barbarous relic."

239 A Barbarous Relic
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May 23, 2021