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Matt Yglesias notes that Bill Kristol has voiced support for a gold standard, something that would not surprise readers of FrumForum.

Today on his blog, Matthew Yglesias noted that Bill Kristol has shown some support for a gold standard:

If Kristol seriously thinks there were no asset price bubbles or market panics before FDR took us off the gold standard, then he really needs to think harder. Like how did FDR get elected? And why did he take us off the gold standard?

A surprising development, that FrumForum reported on Monday:

To get a sense of how much can change in under a year, consider strong>this item< from Weekly Standard opinion editor Matthew Continetti from April 7th, 2010:

Hayek’s insights into strong>political philosophy< and strong>epistemology< will endure, whereas support for a return to the gold standard, among other things, will remain a marginal position.