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Each needs an archetype, a gold standard , to allow their specimens to be put in the correct cabinet.
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In fact a gold standard operated in the international economy prior to 1914 and for a period after the First World War.
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One notable feature of the gold standard was that it allowed automatic adjustment to take place via changes in expenditure and output.
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Presto, the gold standard controlled prices and alleviated trade imbalances.
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Raymond Waites stayed with the gold standard , however, in some delightful details for Lane.
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The gold standard was abandoned, the pound was devalued, and interest rates were lowered.
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Their candy is the gold standard .