President Nixon tried to quell inflation by dropping the gold standard, freezing prices, and raising tariffs. The effort ...

This initiative was not the handiwork of left-wing liberals but of the administration of Richard Nixon, a moderately ... Going off the gold standard and giving up fixed exchange rates constituted ...

The end of the gold standard in 1971 shaped the fiat monetary system, sparking trust issues, gold repatriation, and potential ...

This initiative was not the handiwork of left-wing liberals but of the administration of Richard Nixon, a moderately ... Going off the gold standard and giving up fixed exchange rates constituted ...