It certainly is for my mother, who always held achievement as the international gold standard of human worth.

对我母亲来说，确定无疑，功绩、成就是判断人类价值的通用黄金标准。

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But the idea of a common gold standard entails the free passage of gold from country to country in settlement of international balances, in stabilizing the world's moneys in terms of gold.

但在进行国际结算时，通用的金本位制将导致黄金在国家之间自由流通，以稳定各国货币与黄金的兑换比例。

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That is the belief of those such as Nobel laureate Robert Mundell, who reckons we have a far inferior international monetary system today than we did a century ago under the gold standard.

这正是诺贝尔奖得主罗伯特·蒙代尔(Robert Mundell)等人的信念。蒙代尔认为，目前的国际货币体系远不如一个世纪前金本位制度下的体系。

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The only proven alternative to a global financial system without reserve currencies is the international gold standard.

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For other countries, we can refer to Monetary Policy Under the International Gold Standard: 1880-1914, by Arthur Bloomfield.

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The Bank for International Settlement had been established in 1930 to try and manage the fast-collapsing international Gold Standard.

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