Ludwig von Mises wrote about the gold standard in 1949 in chapter 17 of his landmark book Human Action: A Treatise on Economics.
The struggle against gold, which is one of the main concerns of all contemporary governments, must not be looked upon as an isolated phenomenon. It is but one item in the gigantic process of destruction that is the mark of our time. People fight the gold standard because they want to substitute national autarky for free trade, war for peace, totalitarian government omnipotence for liberty.
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