A review by shanehawk
What Has Government Done to Our Money? and The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar by Murray N. Rothbard

4.0

Two economic essays written by Murray Rothbard, the Austrian-school scholar who studied under Ludwig von Mises. I have to say the first essay is much more enjoyable as it covers a number of things, central banking, false dilemmas, fiat monetary systems, debasement, historical analysis of the economies within kingdoms, etc. The second and much shorter essay serves as a treatise for returning to the gold standard. Gold-backed money may be an anachronism at this point as we delve into cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Although, some of these alternatives are being adopted by central banks and can be manipulated to fund operations of government intelligence agencies.

I recommend the first essay wholeheartedly because it's scrutable even for those with little economic knowledge and effortless to follow along.