Is it theoretically possible to go back to the gold standard? If so, what are some ways it could be implemented?

Once upon a time, you could reach into your wallet, pull out paper money known as a gold certificate and ask your bank teller to please redeem its value in gold. The advantage to such a system? It was ...

Recently the value of all gold in the world has risen to about $25 trillion. Not so long ago—under the Federal Reserve chairmanship of Janet Yellen, even—this stash carried a value only three-eighths ...

A gold standard would do wonders for economic growth, but would almost certainly not limit the growth of our federal government. The view that it would insults markets at least three times, but ...

Stablecoins were heralded as a breakthrough in the cryptocurrency space as a way to marry the lightning-fast, borderless nature of digital assets with the stability of traditional currencies. They ...