GOP may embrace Ron Paul and the gold standard
The GOP could incorporate some of Ron Paul's fiscal ideas, including the gold standard, into their platform, putting ecnonomists into attack mode.
The GOP could incorporate some of Ron Paul's fiscal ideas, including the gold standard, into their platform, putting ecnonomists into attack mode.
By Joshua M. Brown, Guest blogger
The GOP has decided to possibly incorporate some of Ron Paul's ideas into its platform, even as Ronnie has already publicly disowned their Presidential candidate (not a team player, that Ron Paul).
But I expect we'll hear a bit about the Fed and the gold standard this week from the convention regardless.聽 Here's Paul Krugman's standard issue anti-gold primer to start you off: