Quote of the moment: Gold standard a “barbarous relic” – Keynes


Portrait of John Maynard Keynes as a younger man

Portrait of John Maynard Keynes as a younger man (who is the artist? where does it hang?)

  • In truth, the gold standard is already a barbarous relic.
    • John Maynard Keynes, Monetary Reform (1924), p. 172

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  1. Dead economists you ought to know: John Maynard Keynes | Millard Fillmore's Bathtub says:
    December 9, 2013 at 1:15 am

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