> I am not sure how you can say the period 1913-1972 to be under the gold standard He didn't say that. He said we were on the gold standard during the great d

> I am not sure how you can say the period 1913-1972 to be under the gold standard He didn't say that. He said we were on the gold standard during the great depression, which is true. > The gold reserve act of 1935[1] devalued the currency by 40% and outlawed the private possession of gold. Which happened near the end of the great depression. Nothing you've said disputes anything he said. What's your point?