bretton woods

Thus far, arguing against the gold standard. A RP supporter called in and did not represent well, unfortunately. Perhaps someone else can get on. :)

Monday marks the 40th Anniversary of this speech: Wikipedia puts it this way: On August 15, 1971, the United States unilaterally terminated convertibility of the dollar to gold. As a result, "[t]he Bretton Woods system officially ended and the dollar became fully 'fiat currency,' backed by...

Please see that we did our best to protest this event even though men in black cars kept trashing our signs and not letting us walk along route 302E. We did get in and plant two tea party flags however, and the photo is proof. Ex CIA and Ex Navy Seals were providing security for a communist...

When billionaire George Soros wrote two years ago that what the world needed now was “a new world architecture,” he was already laying plans for Bretton Woods II, April 8-11, 2011, to be held at the Mount Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. Funding of Bretton Woods II by George...

Unreported Soros Event Aims to Remake Entire Global Economy Left-wing billionaire's own experts dominate quiet push for 'a grand bargain that rearranges the entire financial order.' By Dan GainorWednesday, March 23, 2011 4:48 PM EDT Two years ago, George Soros said he wanted to reorganize the...

Lets see what the corporatists have in mind for the future. http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/02/soros-plans-new-bretton-woods.html

The G20 Must Look Beyond Bretton Woods II By Robert Zoellick Financial Times, London Sunday, November 7, 2010 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5bb39488-ea99-11df-b28d-00144feab49a.html#axzz... With talk of currency wars and disagreements over the US Federal Reserve's policy of quantitative easing...

Leading economies should consider readopting a modified global gold standard to guide currency movements, argues the president of the World Bank. Writing in the Financial Times, Robert Zoellick, the bank’s president since 2007, says a successor is needed to what he calls the “Bretton Woods II”...

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/smoking-gun-fed-controlling-gold

YouTube - Nixon Ends Bretton Woods International Monetary System If this has been posted already, it deserves a repost.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/history/world/590-bretton-woods

Bretton Woods II -- No Way By Patrick J. Buchanan November 14, 2008 "Laissez-faire is finished, the all-powerful market that is always right, that's finished," said Nicholas Sarkozy, speaking ex cathedra, last month. As a result, said the diminutive French president, it is "necessary to...

I was watching msnbc today and Buchanan mentioned discussion of a return to the bretton woods standard. I recall hearing about this from sarkozy but thought it was pr, is there any legitimacy to this? Because economists always speak of the need for a system like this but it is always discussion.

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20081020_united_states_europe_and_bretton_woods_ii "By George Friedman and Peter Zeihan French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President George W. Bush met Oct. 18 to discuss the possibility of a global financial summit. The meeting ended with an American...

It's time for a new Bretton Woods Bob Moriarty Oct 20, 2008 http://www.321gold.com/editorials/moriarty/moriarty102008.html In July of 1944 the 44 nations of the free world sat down at a hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to design a new post-war financial system. The basis of the...

link Trichet Calls for Return to the `Discipline' of Bretton Woods By John Fraher and Gabi Thesing Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- European Central Bank President Jean- Claude Trichet said officials reshaping the world's financial system should try to return to the ``discipline'' that governed markets...

WE ARE STUCK IN WHATS CALLED TRIFFIN'S DILEMMA! Some history: The late Bretton Woods System [edit] The U.S. balance of payments crisis (1958–68) After the end of World War II, the U.S. held $26 billion in gold reserves, of an estimated total of $40 billion (approx 65%). As world trade...