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　　For most of the last three millennia，the world’s commercial centers have used one or another variant of a gold standard。It should be one of the best understood of human institutions，but it’s not。It’s one of the worst understood，by both its advocates and detractors。Though it has been spurned by governments many times，this has never been due to a fault of gold to serve its duty，but because governments had other plans for their currencies beyond maintaining their stability。And so，says Nathan Lewis，there is no reason to believe that the great monetary successes of the past four centuries，and indeed the past four millennia，could not be recreated in the next four centuries。In Gold，he makes a forceful，well-documented case for a worldwide return to the gold standard。

Governments and central bankers around the world today unanimously agree on the desirability of stable money，ever more so after some monetary disaster has reduced yet another economy to smoking ruins。Lewis shows how gold provides the stability needed to foster greater prosperity and productivity throughout the world。He offers an insightful look at money in all its forms，from the seventh century B.C. to the present day，explaining in straightforward layman’s terms the effects of inflation，deflation，and floating currencies along with their effect on prices，wages，taxes，and debt。He explains how the circulation of money is regulated by central banks and，in the process，demystifies the concepts of supply，demand，and the value of currency。And he illustrates how higher taxes diminish productivity，trade，and the stability of money。Lewis also provides an entertaining history of U.S.money and offers a sobering look at recent currency crises around the world，including the Asian monetary crisis of the late 1990s and the devastating currency devaluations in Russia，China，Mexico，and Yugoslavia。

Lewis’s ultimate conclusion is simple but powerful: gold has been adopted as money because it works。The gold standard produced decades and even centuries of stable money and economic abundance。If history is a guide，it will be done again。

Nathan Lewis was formerly the chief international economist of a firm that provided investment research for institutions。He now works for an asset management company based in New York。Lewis has written for the Financial Times，Asian Wall Street Journal，Japan Times，Pravda，and other publications。He has appeared on financial television in the United States，Japan，and the Middle East。

Foreword

Preface

PART ONE：MONEY IN ALL ITS FORMS

CHAPTER 1：Good Money Is Stable Money　How People Make a Living through Monetary Cooperation

CHAPTER 2：Hard Money and Soft Money　Currencies and Economies around the World--flora the　Seventh Century BC to the Twenty-First Century AD

CHAPTER 3：Supply，Demand，and the Value of Currency　How the Value and Quantity of Money　Are Regulated by Central Banks

CHAPTER 4：Inflation，Deflation，and Floating Currencies　The Effects of Monetary Distortion on the Economy

CHAPTER 5：The Gold Standard　Tke Most Effective Means of Creating a Currency　of Stable Value

CHAPTER 6：Taxes　Economic Miracle to Economic Disaster，and the Art of Statesmanship

PART TWO：A HISTORY OF U.S. MONEY

CHAPTER 7：Money in America　From Colonial Silver and Paper to the　Turmoil of 1929

CHAPTER 8：A History of Central Banking　From Ancient Egypt and Rome to the Bank of England　and the U.S. Federal Reserve

CHAPTER 9：The 1930s　A Failure of Monetary and Fiscal Policy Causes　a Capitalist Collapse

CHAPTER 10：The Bretton Woods Gold Standard　The Postwar Golden Age and the Beginning of　Monetary Chaos

CHAPTER 11：Reagan andVolcker　Monetarism Fails，but the Tax Cuts Succeed--and the　1980s Boom

CHAPTER 12：The Greenspan Years　The 1987 Stock Market Crash，a Recession,　Recovery，and Monetary Deflation　PART THREE：CURRENCY CRISES　AROUND THE WORLD

CHAPTER 13：Japan's Success and Failure　Tax Cuts，a Golden Yen，and the Greatest Monetary　Deflation in History

CHAPTER 14：The Asia Crisis of the Late 1990s　Worldwide Currency Turmoil and Economic Disaster　Caused by a Mismanaged U.S. Dollar

CHAPTER 15：Russia，China，Mexico，and Yugoslavia　The Communist Gold Standards and　Hyperinflationary Collapse

CHAPTER 16：The Return to Hard Currencies　Good Money Is a Cornerstone of Good

Government

Notes

Index

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For most of the last three millennia, the world’s commercial centers have used one or another variant of a gold standard. It should be one of the best understood of human institutions, but it’s not. It’s one of the worst understood, by both its advocates and detractors. Though it has been spurned by governments many times, this has never been due to a fault of gold to serve its duty, but because governments had other plans for their currencies beyond maintaining their stability. And so, says Nathan Lewis, there is no reason to believe that the great monetary successes of the past four centuries, and indeed the past four millennia, could not be recreated in the next four centuries. In Gold, he makes a forceful, well-documented case for a worldwide return to the gold standard.

Governments and central bankers around the world today unanimously agree on the desirability of stable money, ever more so after some monetary disaster has reduced yet another economy to smoking ruins. Lewis shows how gold provides the stability needed to foster greater prosperity and productivity throughout the world. He offers an insightful look at money in all its forms, from the seventh century B.C. to the present day, explaining in straightforward layman’s terms the effects of inflation, deflation, and floating currencies along with their effect on prices, wages, taxes, and debt. He explains how the circulation of money is regulated by central banks and, in the process, demystifies the concepts of supply, demand, and the value of currency. And he illustrates how higher taxes diminish productivity, trade, and the stability of money. Lewis also provides an entertaining history of U.S. money and offers a sobering look at recent currency crises around the world, including the Asian monetary crisis of the late 1990s and the devastating currency devaluations in Russia, China, Mexico, and Yugoslavia.

Lewis’s ultimate conclusion is simple but powerful: gold has been adopted as money because it works. The gold standard produced decades and even centuries of stable money and economic abundance. If history is a guide, it will be done again.

Nathan Lewis was formerly the chief international economist of a firm that provided investment research for institutions. He now works for an asset management company based in New York. Lewis has written for the Financial Times, Asian Wall Street Journal, Japan Times, Pravda, and other publications. He has appeared on financial television in the United States, Japan, and the Middle East.