Today Is the 45th Anniversary of The Most Destructive Event In Modern Monetary History ("...Nixon announced that due to the shadowy and intangible "money speculators" he would "defend" the dollar by removing its convertibility into gold "temporarily". It was, unquestionably, the most destructive event in modern monetary history... yet hardly anyone remembers it or knows about it. Prior to 1971, the US government and Federal Reserve were restricted in the amount of debt they could go into and the amount of money it could print. Afterwards, everything changed... and NOT for the better.")

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August 16, 2016 / Jeff Berwick /

The US government, bankrupt yet again after another disastrous war of aggression, had its back pushed to the wall in 1971.

Up until that point, foreign central banks could redeem US dollars directly with the US Treasury in exchange for gold. And, recognizing that the US was essentially bankrupt, foreign central banks, especially France, began to demand gold instead of the dollar.

And then, on August 15, 1971, Richard “I’m Not A Crook” Nixon announced the monetary shot heard around the world.

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