<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKwa kulinganisha, maandishi ya Mundell tangu mapema miaka ya 1970 yamekuwa ya mazungumzo, mtu anaweza kusema karibu kutembea, na mara nyingi hufunua aina ya kutamani kwa uhakika uliopotea wa kiwango cha dhahabu.  <response>: By contrast, Mundells writings since the early 70s have been discursive, one might almost say rambling, and often reveal a sort of hankering for the lost certainties of the gold standard. 