Last week, we noticed Fox News discussing the possibility of gold making a comeback as an everyday currency. Not the return of the gold standard, or investing in gold, but gold in your pocket, used to buy groceries or tip bartenders. You see, a quick switch back to the gold standard might be improbable, host Stuart Varney said, but what about the “creeping use of gold as a medium of exchange?”
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=118218