Early this month, U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney (R-W.Va.) introduced the Gold Standard Restoration Act (H.R. 9157). If enacted into law, it would require public disclosure of the federal government’s gold holdings and eventually define the dollar as a weight of gold.
How Sound Money Won the Battle of Yorktown—and Saved the American Revolution
Two hundred and forty-one years ago this week, sound money helped save the day during the critical Battle of Yorktown
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Detail, "Washington Before Yorktown" (1824–1825) by Rembrandt Peale. Public domain
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Lawrence W. Reed
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Lawrence Reed is president emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education in Atlanta and the author of “Real Heroes: Inspiring True Stories of Courage, Character, and Conviction“ and the best-seller “Was Jesus a Socialist?”
