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‘Nixing’ the Gold Standard: The Secret Meeting Behind Today’s Inflation

In 1971, the United States was at a crossroads: The economy was stagnating, inflation was high and Americans were starting to feel like they were losing their competitive edge. Sound familiar? In the second episode of a two-part series on inflation, World Affairs returns to a conversation between NPR’s Chief Economics Correspondent Scott Horsley and Jeffrey Garten, an influential economist who served in multiple presidential administrations. They explore Nixon’s consequential decision to abandon the gold standard, how this move created the modern global economy and what this can tell us about inflation and fears of a recession.see more
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‘Nixing’ the Gold Standard: The Secret Meeting Behind Today’s Inflation

In 1971, the United States was at a crossroads: The economy was stagnating, inflation was high and Americans were starting to feel like they were losing their competitive edge. Sound familiar? In the second episode of a two-part series on inflation, World Affairs returns to a conversation between NPR’s Chief Economics Correspondent Scott Horsley and Jeffrey Garten, an influential economist who served in multiple presidential administrations. They explore Nixon’s consequential decision to abandon the gold standard, how this move created the modern global economy and what this can tell us about inflation and fears of a recession.see more
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