Paul Krugman

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Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Meanwhile, the idea that gold is a hedge against inflation, and thus that a gold standard would be stabilizing in some sense, runs against recent experience. Here's the real price of gold versus inflation 4/ https://t.co/BE8Xk6eGoZ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 7, 2019 Hibernated

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So first, if you imagine that a gold standard would prevent runaway government borrowing, you might want to notice… https://t.co/8cI82sGa6n — PolitiTweet.org

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Gold prices did hit one peak circa 1980, when inflation was high. But they revisited that peak in 2011, when inflation was low. This means, among other things, that a gold standard would have forced monetary tightening right at the depths of the Great Recession 5/ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 7, 2019 Hibernated