I'd suggest the Niall Ferguson series/book: The Ascent of Money. I found it a very interesting history of the monetary system, from ancient times to modern day, and it is written by a Harvard/Oxford Academic and not a gold salesman telling you to buy his gold.
It's not a secret that Gold prices go up in fearful times. The same is true of the Swiss Dollar. But when you start to think about it, there is no intrinsic reason that gold should be any safer than buying a currency. Gold is only valuable because people think it is valuable, and the same is true for any monetary system.
It's not a secret that Gold prices go up in fearful times. The same is true of the Swiss Dollar. But when you start to think about it, there is no intrinsic reason that gold should be any safer than buying a currency. Gold is only valuable because people think it is valuable, and the same is true for any monetary system.
