. >> lewis lehman is next on booktv. lewis lehman served on president reagan's gold commission and called for a return to the gold standard which he argues will help improve our economy. this is about an hour. >> welcome to the cato institute, a and director of financial regulation studies at the cato institute and served as moderator at today's event. one cannot long study the history of monetary policy without at some point coming across the writings of lewis lehman, whether it is his occasional offense in the wall street journal or numerous books, lewis lehman has a uniquely accessible and insightful style when discussing monetary policy. it was for this reason among others lewis lehman was chosen to serve on the u.s. gold commission where he co-authored with the minority report the case results which i will note you can download a free copy of from tivo.org. the debate over monetary policy to the extent that they even take place had dominated by keynesian and moderates. lewis lehman's work has been instrumental -- th