The Soviet Union has good prospects of becoming the dominant supplier of gold in the world, for its own mining reserves …

The Gold Commission, whose 17 members were appointed by President Reagan in June 1981, has been conferring since autumn … last year. The task of this commission is to discuss the pros and cons of restoring some gold backing for the dollar and to … study the role of gold in the international economy. Prof. Zippel analyses whether an international gold standard would at …

of reforming this system, this article analyses the rationale for the unilateral introduction of gold-backed currencies … to gold? How could this be managed, and what would be the risks? We argue that such a system would not bring price … stability, as the country would not be able to control the international gold price, and that it would likely be exposed to …