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Worshipped By Tea Party Politicians But Loathed By Sane Economists, Gold Has Historically Influenced American Monetary Policy And Has Exerted An Often Outsized Influence On The National Psyche For Centuries. Now, Acclaimed Business Writer James Ledbetter Explores The Tumultuous History And Larger-than-life Personalities―from George Washington To Richard Nixon―behind America’s Volatile Relationship To This Hallowed Metal And Investigates What This Enduring Obsession Reveals About The American Identity. Exhaustively Researched And Expertly Woven, One Nation Under Gold Begins With The Nation’s Founding In The 1770s, When The New Republic Erupted With Bitter Debates Over The Implementation Of Paper Currency In Lieu Of Metal Coins.^ Concerned That The Colonies’ Thirteen Separate Currencies Would Only Lead To Confusion And Chaos, Some Founding Fathers Believed That A National Currency Would Not Only Unify The Fledgling Nation But Provide A Perfect Solution For A Country That Was Believed To Be Lacking In Natural Silver And Gold Resources. Animating The Wild West Economy Of The Nineteenth Century With Searing Insights, Ledbetter Brings To Vivid Life The Actions Of Whig President Andrew Ja

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Author

Ledbetter, James, author

Publisher

New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871406835

Category

business

Subjects

Economics, Finance, History

Rating

4.1 / 5 (56 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14