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Ralph Benko

Ralph Benko is senior advisor, economics, for American Principles in Action, in Washington, DC, specializing in the gold standard and advisor to and editor of the Lehrman Institute's The Gold Standard Now. He is editor-in-chief of thesupplyside.blogspot.com. With Charles Kadlec, he is co-author of The 21st Century Gold Standard: For Prosperity, Security, and Liberty available for free download here. Benko and Kadlec are co-editors of the Laissez Faire Books edition of Copernicus's Essay on Money. He also manages the Facebook page The Gold Standard. Follow him on Twitter as TheWebster.

Economics22 January 12

South Carolina, the Presidential nomination and gold

By Ralph Benko

A view from America … Published yesterday at RealClearMarkets, as South Carolina’s voters went to the polls. Two candidates – Newt Gingrich and Ron…

Economics28 December 11

The death certificate of the paper dollar

By Ralph Benko

A view from America, previously published at Forbes.com … The world dollar standard’s death certificate arrives in the mail this week. The Bank of…

Peace20 November 11

The end of politics

By Ralph Benko

A view from America, previously published at Forbes.com This column debuted a year ago and proceeded to make a troubling announcement: World peace has…

Economics18 August 11

Fiat money: the root cause of our financial disaster

By Ralph Benko

A view from America, previously published at Forbes.com on August 15th Is it possible that the ghastly unemployment, stagnant growth (and possible double-dip recession),…

Economics2 August 11

Not default, growth: Wall Street, Main Street and even Washington gets it now

By Ralph Benko

A view from America, originally published at Forbes Blogs. The signals were crystal clear that even without a deal Washington absolutely was not going…