what happens to the united states economy when the gold standard was discontinued?
Since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "gold standard economy discontinue" to get these possible sources:
http://www.financialsense.com/editorials/fekete/2005/1121.html
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761556418_2/Money.html
http://www.mises.org/freemarket_detail.asp?control=526&sortorder=articledate
http://www.history.com/encyclopedia.do?vendorId=FWNE.fw..mo132700.a#FWNE.fw..mo132700.a
http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3233
I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.
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