Ramsay MacDonald / What Happened to the Gold Standard?

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Two Stories of Politics, Peace and Gold on this episode with two main topics. "Side A" of this episode is about Ramsay MacDonald, the first Prime Minister of the UK for the Labour Party what was in the 1920's considered the most radical elements of society. He becomes the sometimes forgotten proponent of the special relationship with America. "Side B" is about the 1982 Gold Commission, The obscure commission which during the Reagan administration and with the support of Alan Greenspan, put the nail in the coffin on 19th century ideas of the gold standard, but not without some consideration and a few arguments till today. Oh and we get into a U.S. operation known as Operation Goldfinger. We have a patreon at www.patreon.com/mhcbuyp if you'd like to support us. Music by Lee Rosevere's excellent Music for Podcast and Music for Malls Remember we are part of Airwave Media Network. Check out other podcasts at airwavemedia.com Want to advertise on this podcast - contact [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	Yes, so the French they send a worship to New York City to pick up their gold and bring it back to France.
0:42.0	And we're not talking about the 1700s here.
0:44.0	We're talking about 1972.
0:47.0	Then Johnson administration gets into alchemy.
0:50.0	And then a world leader with no furniture.
0:53.0	And a pacifist who's leading suddenly one of the top militaries in the world.
1:00.0	That and other stories in this episode.
1:24.0	So let's take world leaders with no furniture for 1000 and start with that.
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1:31.0	The prime minister of the United Kingdom arrives at 10 Downing Street to take his office.
1:36.0	There isn't as much of a break between elections and taking office in that country as there isn't the United States.
1:42.0	And so he arrives and finds the rooms nearly empty.
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