Month: July 2009

By David Liechty In 1863, Congress authorized the Treasury to receive “deposits of gold coin and bullion” in exchange for “certificates” payable on demand, having

By Sam Smith One of the clues that Obama was not who he professed to be during the campaign was his closeness to Harvard professor

By Richard Gray By Ed Pilkington The world is about to cross a demographic landmark of huge social and economic importance, with the proportion of

By David Liechty With irredeemable Greenbacks and precious metal coin circulating at identical legal, “dollar”, value (see Thompson v. Butler, 95 U.S. 694 at 696