On this day, 41 years ago, Nixon shocked the world by removing gold convertibility for foreign holders of US dollars – it would be the end of the agreement made at Bretton Woods, where it was decided that the US dollar would be pegged to gold and all other currencies would be pegged to the US dollar. The message was so important that Nixon’s administration decided to preempt the most popular TV series, Bonanza, on Sunday evening prior to the markets opening on Monday.
What’s most aggravating is Nixon’s claim that he must save the dollar from the evil speculators trying to destroy the dollar – something we hear so much, even from modern day politicians. Never do these con men ever mention that there wouldn’t be anything to speculate on if those in charge of the monetary system were honest and abstained from their blatant money-printing, inflationary policies.



