By George F. Smith
January 17, 2026
In his 1982 article, "Monetary Policy," Nobel laureate Milton Friedman, no friend of gold, said that
It takes care of itself. Consider that thought for a moment, then ask yourself why we've had politically-appointed bureaucrats running the money and banking system since 1914. With a commodity money exclusively under control of a free market, coupled with enforcement of property rights, a new and far better world would emerge.