73 50 year delta coming up—President Nixon decouples the US Dollar from the Gold Standard on August 15, 1971 (antoniusaquinas.com) posted 3 years ago by zen10101 3 years ago by zen10101 +73 / -0 8 comments share 8 comments share save hide report block hide replies
To be fair - Johnson had bankrupted our coffers by that point - between his social programs to co-opt the black vote and the Vietnam War, our currency was effectively nullified.
Further - the Bretton Wood system was not "killed" until 1976.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica_Accords
One of the most obscure articles about a major event that you can find on Wikipedia for a reason.
What’s your point?