Is the us dollar still backed by gold
Clearly the historical behavior of gold-and-silver-backed currencies is dramatically different from the behavior of debt-monetization-backed Federal Reserve Notes since 1933 -- see this chart -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US… Crash Course - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Learn more about the gold standard, including its complicated global history and its connection to the fiat system and the U.S. dollar today.