Richard Nixon

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On 15 August 1971, US President, Richard Nixon, passes the death sentence on the Bretton Woods international monetary system, by unilaterally suspending the convertibility of the dollar into gold.

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Source: Le Président Nixon attendu à Moscou. Keystone, 1972. Noir et blanc.

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Richard Nixon