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A quiet Sunday. A surprise broadcast. One sentence that severed money from gold and rewired the world.
On August 15, 1971, President Richard Nixon closed the U.S. gold window—triggering the “Nixon Shock.” This video peels back what really happened at Camp David, why Bretton Woods was failing, and how a “temporary” move unleashed floating exchange rates, oil shocks, stagflation, and a new era of central-bank power.

What you’ll discover:

The secret weekend that ended dollar–gold convertibility

Why the Smithsonian Agreement couldn’t save fixed rates

How the 1973 oil crisis and stagflation followed

Volcker’s brutal rate hikes and the dollar’s reset

How Europe’s response paved the road to the euro

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