Executive Order 6102: A Deep Dive into FDR’s Gold Confiscation Program

The Great Gold Robbery of 1933

by | Apr 5, 2020 | Federal Power, History

It has been 87 years since the federal government, on the spurious grounds of fighting the Great Depression, ordered the confiscation of all monetary gold from Americans, permitting trivial amounts for ornamental or industrial use. This happens to be one of the...
Executive Order 6102: A Deep Dive into FDR’s Gold Confiscation Program

FDR’s Tyrannical Gold Confiscation

by | Mar 22, 2020 | Federal Power, History

Sometimes people say, “I guess we’ll just have to have a major economic or monetary crisis to wake people up and cause them to want a sound monetary system.” There is one big problem with that refrain, however: A crisis or emergency oftentimes induces people to move...