Book review the scandal of money why wall street recovers but the economy never does by george gilder for more than forty years george gilder has been one of americas great original thinkers in the interplay of technology economics and government policy his new book the scandal of money once again provides well needed insight into why the economy has underperformed in the post 2008 financial crisis era as the title suggests the book centers around money where . The scandal of money is an unsuccessful attempt to combine the two criticizing both left and right and most of all wall street gilder calls for unleashing economic growth through a monetary restructuring namely a return to the gold standard buttressed by bitcoin maybe we do need a gold standard. As famed economist and new york times bestselling author george gilder points out despite multi billion dollar stimulus packages and near zero interest rates wall street recovers but the economy. As famed economist and new york times bestselling author george gilder points out despite multi billion dollar stimulus packages and near zero interest rates wall street recovers but the economy. Book review the scandal of money why wall street recovers but the economy never does by george gilder for more than forty years george gilder has been one of americas great original thinkers in the interplay of technology economics and government policy his new book the scandal of money once again provides well needed insight into why the economy has underperformed in the post 2008 financial crisis era as the title suggests the book centers around money where