... not matter very much that we had gone oft’ the gold standard, as it would have very much the same effect as a tariff. That was a very dangerous assumption to make, because this matter of the gold standard, once the pound was not linked and tied closely ...

... tariffs but the still more complicated matters connected with currency. To the ordinary man and woman phrases like the gold standard are far from being clear, and the foreign exchanges present to them a kind insoluble mystery. It is, of course, not | ...

... I refrain from the temptation to enter into details such as the need for a National Government, the departure from the gold standard, the questions of tariffs, and dumping of foreign subsidised or slave-produced goods upon our shores, though, more than ...