The Gold Standard or Bust

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 13, 2014

Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media and co-author (with Elizabeth Ames) of Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy -- and What We Can Do About It, makes the case for going back to the gold standard to stabilize the global economy.

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