The Monetary Conservative: Jacques Rueff and Twentieth-Century Free Market Thought by Christopher S. Chivvis Northern Illinois University Press, 2010 xiv + 234 pages The French economist Jacques Rueff was the foremost opponent in the twentieth century of the gold exchange standard, and his defense of the classical gold standard deserves close study. In this outstanding intellectual biography of Rueff, Christopher Chivvis, a political scientist working for the RAND Corporation, shows that belief in monetary stability dominated Rueff’s long and distinguished career. The Monetary Conservat… Chivvis, Christopher S. Best Price: $7.76 Buy New $22.42 (as of 06:51 EST – Details) Rueff’s … Continue reading The Disaster of Bretton Woods vs. a Real Gold Standard