i've always found greg palast entertaining. this is pretty good.

the populist movement in the united states was also formed largely to fight against the gold standard. there's the famous 'cross of gold' speech. it's historically been an issue that has had a lot of success as a lightning rod in which to organize people against financiers.

but, neo-liberalism has taken us into some strange universe where everything is backwards.

http://truth-out.org/news/item/20034-rand-pauls-zombie-nomics-versus-janet-yellen