The Financial War Behind the Cold War

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Description:
Bretton Woods, BIS Basel, London Gold Pool, Nixon Shock—this video traces how the $35 gold peg unraveled and reshaped modern central banking. From closed-door reserve management to the Triffin dilemma, dollar overhang, and the shift toward floating exchange rates, we connect eurodollar liquidity, IMF evolution, and petrodollar recycling into one timeline. Learn why gold convertibility faded, how policy choices amplified inflation pressures, and why the dollar still anchors global reserves. Perfect for economic history, currency markets, monetary policy, and international finance fans. Includes Basel meeting context, Bretton Woods design, 1968 two-tier pricing, and the road to a fiat era today.

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