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Bookmark or Share- The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United StatesThe Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States. Download Paper. George Selgin, University of Georgia. Please do not quote from this document without permission of the author. Prepared for the Hillsdale College Free Market Forum on Markets, Governments, and the Common Good. Houston, Texas, October 4-5, 2012.
- Free Market Forum - Hillsdale College2010 Free Market Forum. Dearborn, MI. 2008 Free Market Forum. Dearborn, MI. 2007 Free Market Forum. Hillsdale, MI. 2006 Free Market Forum. Hillsdale, MI. The Free Market Forum brings scholars together for dynamic exchanges of ideas on topics related to free market economics.
- Capitalism and Christian Ethics - Hillsdale CollegeCapitalism is a system of economic and social relations built around several key institutions. Free-market capitalism relies upon the institutions of private property rights, open competitive market exchanges grounded in voluntary exchange, occupational freedom, and the rule of law to oversee these institutions.
- The Development of Free Trade in Europe - Hillsdale CollegeHe established The Economist in 1843 as a means to promote free trade policies. By 1846, England passed a law that phased in the dismantling of tariffs on imported wheat. As free trade ideas gained more traction among thinkers and policy makers, other European nations began to implement free trade economic policies.
- Property Rights in American History - Hillsdale CollegeSecond, property rights have long been linked with individual liberty. “Property must be secured,” John Adams succinctly observed in 1790, “or liberty cannot exist.”. An economic system grounded on respect for private ownership tends to diffuse power and to strengthen individual autonomy from government.
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