Peter C. Earle and Dorothy Chan

Peter C. Earle and Dorothy Chan Articles

US president-elect Donald Trump has floated a seemingly radical policy idea, although it goes back to the early days of the American nation: financing the Federal government with revenue from tariffs rather than income taxes. 

In 1792 the U.S. Congress adopted a bimetallic standard (gold and silver) for the new nation's currency - with gold valued at $19.30 per troy ounce

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