TOPSHOT - Gold bullion bars are pictured after being inspected and polished. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) (Photo by DAVID GRAY/AFP via Getty Images) Bringing up the subject of a gold standard is ...

Once upon a time, you could reach into your wallet, pull out paper money known as a gold certificate and ask your bank teller to please redeem its value in gold. The advantage to such a system? It was ...

As they met last week in Washington, delegates to the meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund studiously avoided discussion of one subject: a change in the world’s gold policy.

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Jillian Melchior, Adam O'Neal and Dan Henninger. Images: Getty Images/AP Composite: Mark Kelly President Richard Nixon ended the ...

During Tuesday night’s Republican debate a familiar topic resurfaced to the dismay of most economists: the case for the gold standard. Senator Ted Cruz criticized the Fed’s ability to manipulate ...