Also "Gold-based Economy".
Gold standard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ben Bernanke Gives Himself A Grade - Freakonomics Radio (podcast)
Abolishing the gold standard in 1930s to increase money supply relieve the global economic depression
European countries participating in WWI also abandoned gold standard to increase the war spendings.