Could a return to the gold standard bring back balanced budgets?

In War and Gold, British Member of Parliament Kwasi Kwarteng traces the history of debt from 16th century Spain all the way to our post-2008 economy and concludes that tying currency to gold is the best policy. That the gold standard is essential to a strong and prosperous economy.

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