On the far right blame for the Great Depression rests on the post-war "gold exchange standard," which was put in place instead of returning to the prewar "classical gold standard." His distinction is a matter of advocacy. He wants the Gold Standard article to deal solely with "classical gold standard." Just to avoid the controversy, Gold standard, the long existing article, can deal with both the "classical gold standard" and the postwar "gold exchange standard." However, separating the articles makes a political statement. And it's one that doesn't really need to be made. We already deal with monetarist and classical views on this subject in Gold standard and the postwar changes were already articulated by previous editors. 172 06:15, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)
On the far right blame for the Great Depression rests on the post-war "gold exchange standard," which was put in place instead of returning to the prewar "classical gold standard." His distinction is a matter of advocacy. He wants the Gold Standard article to deal solely with "classical gold standard." Just to avoid the controversy, Gold standard, the long existing article, can deal with both the "classical gold standard" and the postwar "gold exchange standard." However, separating the articles makes a political statement. And it's one that doesn't really need to be made. We already deal with monetarist and classical views on this subject in Gold standard and the postwar changes were already articulated by previous editors. 172 06:15, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)