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50 years since the closure of the “gold window”

20th September 2021 Going Postal 3512 Comments

What happened and why This year marked the 50th anniversary of President Nixon’s decision to unilaterally close the “gold window”. The impact of this move can hardly be overstated. It triggered a tectonic shift of momentous [more…]

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