The Gold Standard

The Gold Standard by @saifedean is out NOW! What if fiat never existed? Discover a world transformed by sound money, free markets & freedom. Available in hardcover, paperback, audio & ebook. Signed editions also available from: saifedean.com/tgs

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“The book begins with actual history but then creates an alternative 20th Century from WWI onward. It is fascinating and remarkably thought provoking.” Thanks for all the great book reviews! If you haven't read The Gold Standard yet, you can get a copy here: amazon.com/Gold-Standard-… Available in hardcover, audiobook and ebook.

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"This is a fantastic book, a fusion of a textbook and a novel. It was both entertaining and enlightening. Saifedean takes you on a thought experiment imagining how the 20th century, from the year 1915 and on, would have turned out had the world somehow stayed on the gold standard - i.e. had gold been given wings, had airplanes been used to carry gold and settle global financial transactions, had the world never gone to the fiat standard.”

“Ammous masterfully transports the reader into an alternative reality, one in which fiat money never distorted incentives, eroded value, or reshaped society in destructive ways.” Thanks for all the great book reviews!

Thanks for all the great book reviews! If you haven't read my new book @thegoldstandard yet, you can get a copy here: a.co/d/8jbSZLE If you’ve already read it and would like to leave a review on Amazon or on Goodreads I would highly appreciate that.

Thanks for all the great book reviews! If you haven't read my new book @thegoldstandard yet, you can get a copy here: a.co/d/8jbSZLE If you’ve already read it and would like to leave a review on Amazon or on Goodreads I would highly appreciate that.

"In the late nineteenth century, small and independent banks were proliferating across the growing nation and holding an increasing percentage of the nation’s wealth outside the grasp of large national banks, who were not happy about it. The latter conspired to use the power of the state to enact legislation centralizing the banking industry in the hands of a cartel-controlled central bank, dominated by the largest banks." The Gold Standard, by @saifedean

"It would be impossible for any country in the world today to have modern advanced technology if it were not part of the global division of labor. If the US, China, or Japan were a single advanced industrial country in an entire planet of agrarian societies, it would be far less technologically advanced than it would be in a world with more industrialized societies to trade with." The Gold Standard, by @saifedean

"Production is not a competitive sport, and it is not a zero-sum game. The more Germany produces, the better off Britain is, because Germany’s production both provides British people with cheaper goods, and consumes British production." The Gold Standard, by @saifedean

To their eternal credit, the British people were significantly opposed to entering the Great War, and government propaganda and subterfuge could not hide this fact. They had voted for a liberal cabinet precisely for its anti-war sentiments. The Gold Standard on WW1, @saifedean

"British foreign policy in the first 15 years of the twentieth century was dominated by incompetent, reckless, and economically ignorant kings and bureaucrats who had never grasped the value of work and production. They imagined that the prosperity of the industrial revolution was the product of their wisdom and policies, which was not the case. It was the product of the work and ingenuity of countless workers, entrepreneurs, and technicians who could accumulate capital and innovate over decades of peace and security of property rights." The Gold Standard, by @saifedean

It was an unspeakably evil crime for the British crown and the Foreign Office to plunge the world’s most advanced society into this senseless war, and no amount of geopolitical cant could possibly justify the unfathomable price Britain paid for a war in which it had no interest. The Gold Standard by @saifedean

@AmmousMD Reading it now. I knew @saifedean was crazy sharp with data and history - what I didn’t expect was his creative prowess in imagining such a compelling fictional alternative history intertwined with historical facts. Super fun read!

This article draws on my analysis in @TheGoldStandard on how fiat money is ultimately responsible for making housing more expensive mises.org/mises-wire/inf…

"When goods flow peacefully across borders, bombs and armies become far less likely to cross them." Learn more by reading The Gold Standard by @saifedean Available here: saifedean.com/tgs or on Amazon: bit.ly/3KjLnYD

Imagine a century powered by gold… Central banks fall. Free markets rise. Humanity thrives. Start reading The Gold Standard today! Available here: saifedean.com/tgs or on Amazon: shorturl.at/ksNnF

"The choice of monetary medium is subject to the iron forces of economic incentives." - @saifedean (The Gold Standard) Start reading today! Get your copy from saifedean.com/tgs or on Amazon: shorturl.at/ksNnF

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What would’ve happened if the state lost its money printer in 1915? Get your copy of The Gold Standard to find out! Available in hardcover, paperback, audiobook & ebook from saifedean.com/tgs or on Amazon: shorturl.at/ksNnF