For nearly two centuries, the United States stuck to the "rule" that the dollar's value would be defined in gold. More than ...

Recent data from the European Central Bank show that at the end of 2025, gold accounted for approximately 27 percent of global central bank reserve assets, surpassing the share of United States ...

A few years ago I wrote a piece, for Public Discourse, called “Montesquieu and the Monetary System.” It discussed our having fiat money, non-gold-standard money, today, from the perspective of the ...

This is an opinion editorial by Taimur Ahmad, a graduate student at Stanford University, focusing on energy, environmental policy and international politics. Author’s note: This is the first part of a ...

Economist Lynette Zang issued a stark warning about the future of the U.S. dollar and global monetary stability, pointing to the implications of President Donald Trump's “Genius Act” and the rapid ...

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2026 will likely be the year when we will start to see serious flaws, with the pure fiat global monetary system exposed. The root cause is the need for accommodating central bank policies in the face ...

For more than 80 years, the U.S. dollar has been central to the international financial system, in no small part because it is the primary global reserve currency. But as in politics, narratives are ...

“Sound money” is a term that often gets thrown around in economics discussions, but what does it really mean? In this article, we explore the concept of sound money, its historical context, its basic ...

Definition: Fiat currency is a form of money or tender not backed by a tangible asset or commodity like gold or silver. It’s usually mandated by governments, but this isn’t always the case. The ...