Gold, Peace, and Prosperity

The Birth of a New Currency

Ron Paul

This monograph is a must read for anyone interested in the history of money.

All page numbers refer to Congressman Ron Paul, Gold, Peace, and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Currency (Lake Jackson, TX: Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, Inc., 1981).

The audio was recorded 24 December 2007 by Dr. Floy Lilly.

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Dedication (p. 5)	.html	.txt
Contents (p. 7)	.html	.txt
Foreword by Henry Hazlitt (pp. 9–10)	.html	.txt
Preface by Murray Rothbard (pp. 11–13)	.html	.txt
Acknowledgements (p. 14)	.html	.txt
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Impending Social Strife? (pp. 15–16)	.html	.txt
The People Are Demanding an End to Inflation (pp. 16–17)	.html	.txt
Depreciation Is Nothing New (pp. 17–18)	.html	.txt
“Not Worth a Continental” (pp. 18–19)	.html	.txt
The Best Medium of Exchange (pp. 20–21)	.html	.txt
Cross of Paper (pp. 21–22)	.html	.txt
How Our Money Was Ruined (pp. 21–32)	.html	.txt
1. The Gold Coin Standard (pp. 23–24)	.html
2. The Gold Bullion Standard (pp. 24–27)	.html
3. The Gold Exchange Standard (pp. 27–31)	.html
4. The Managed Fiat Currency Standard (pp. 31–32)	.html
The Stage Is Set (p. 32)	.html	.txt
Motives of the Inflationists (pp. 33–34)	.html	.txt
Is Business To Blame? (p. 34)	.html	.txt
Are Banks To Blame? (p. 35)	.html	.txt
Are Unions To Blame? (p. 35)	.html	.txt
Inflation and the Business Cycle (pp. 36–37)	.html	.txt
The Guilt of the Economists (pp. 37–39)	.html	.txt
The Alternative to Inflation (p. 39)	.html	.txt
Money and the Constitution (pp. 40–41)	.html	.txt
Morality and Transfer Payments (pp. 41–42)	.html	.txt
Citizen Control of Money (p. 42)	.html	.txt
Day of Reckoning (pp. 43–44)	.html	.txt
Free Market Money? (pp. 44–45)	.html	.txt
Legal Tender Laws (pp. 45–46)	.html	.txt
An Historical Precedent (pp. 46–48)	.html	.txt
The End—or the Beginning (pp. 48–52)	.html	.txt
About the Author (pp. 53–54)	.html	.txt
About the Foundation (p. 55)	.html	.txt