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Political Factoid

The tie between gold and the
U.S. dollar was broken in the
early 1970s by the Richard
Nixon Administration.
  • Surging inflation
  • Escalating costs of
    the Vietnam War
  • An oil crisis
The Nixon-era deficits exceeded the
supply of gold.

 
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