Joseph Lawler
Joseph Lawler is the policy editor for the Washington Examiner, having previously been an economics reporter. Before joining the Washington Examiner, he worked for RealClearPolicy. He is a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
![[I]t is more doubtful than ever before that any government-sponsored and -administered gold standard would be sufficiently credible to either be spared from or to withstand redemption runs. (Photo: Thinkstock)](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/8bfbbfc94e13e93687574398c1ad4127.jpg?w=495 "Big Ideas: On state power, the gold standard and Afghanistan")
