“We’re off to see the Wizard, the wonderful
Wizard of Oz”
Unbeknown to most of us, L Frank Baum’s “The
Wizard of Oz” is based on the Depression of the 1890s in America. Whilst many
may argue that this is a stretch of the imagination, the context in which the
book was written, as well as the parallels between the book and the Gold
Standard debate of the time, is uncanny.
