The gold standard and the Rothschilds

How money worked: the gold standard, central banks and the great banking dynasties.

4 lessons planned · none written yet

  1. 1What a gold standard isNot written yetMoney backed by metal and its rules of the game.
  2. 2The RothschildsNot written yetFive brothers and a continental network.
  3. 3The Bank of EnglandNot written yetLender of last resort and Bagehot’s rule.
  4. 4Going gold in 1871–73Not written yetGermany’s switch and the silver crash.