They believed the gold standard would keep the value of the dollar high.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

We want a high expected value of returns, but we don't like variance.

我们希望收益的期望值较高,并且稳定

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A gold standard,they said, would keep the value of the dollar high.

VOA: special.2010.07.01

They thought the value of the dollar was too high.

VOA: special.2010.07.01