The productive capacity of a country is then the virtual standard of the value of its currency, and as gold can only be obtained by the products of the country, its necessity as a medium may be dispensed with.
Woodhull argues that the productive capacity of a country can replace gold as a standard for currency value, advocating for a shift in financial thinking.
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