Bimetallism

When the Fed was founded in 1913, the U.S. was on the gold standard, so controlling the value of money wasn't within its brief; arguments over inflation vs. deflation focused on so-called bimetallism, or the dilution of the gold standard with silver, which Congress determined. ❋ Ian Fletcher (2012)

There was a reason why William Jennings Bryan rallied millions behind his presidential campaign in 1896 when he campaigned against what he saw as the Republican plutocrats with his slogan that “you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold” Although technically a speech for bimetallism, the slogan reverberated though the west, the laboring class, and poor farmers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Money: Natural law of money, international bimetallism, "free silver," currency; the silver question and hard times by John Joseph Valentine ❋ Unknown (2010)

Throw in a 2009 Sherman-Silver Purchase clause to the stimulus bill, hold up the bill while working a populist angle on getting us off the Cash4Gold. com standard, and then, in a few weeks, say the Democrats won't work on a bipartisan bimetallism solution, so let's just add in a some more tax cuts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

-- Dorothy's magic silver slippers represented the silver standard and Populists 'goal of replacing gold with bimetallism; they were Ruby Red in the film to highlight the new Technicolor technology; by clicking her heels three times and repeating "There's no place like home," Dorothy's instantly transported to Kansas; after awakening, however, she discovers her slippers fell off, symbolizing the demise of silver coinage as a form of currency; and ❋ Unknown (2009)

Why was WJB able to rally so many farmers to the zany cause of bimetallism? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The politics of the gold standard, adopted in 1873, ­versus proposals for gold-and-silver bimetallism was not just an abstract debate in the 19th century but the casus belli of many a barroom brawl. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though McKinley had campaigned as a goldbug, he had promised to investigate bimetallism. ❋ Patricia O'Toole (2008)

Hay also organized a conference to explore the possibility of an international pact on “bimetallism”—currency based on silver as well as gold. ❋ Patricia O'Toole (2008)

So why should an economics professor be kinder to proponents of bimetallism or Social Credit or self-financing tax cuts? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Bryan famously lost every Presidential battle he waged, and his bimetallism platform might well have performed as disastrously as his opponents warned. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In all of this, what gets overlooked is bimetallism, the central policy dispute in the 1896 campaign. ❋ Unknown (2006)