August 15 - The End of Bretton Woods

15/08/2025 1 min Episodio 2598
August 15 - The End of Bretton Woods

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Episode Synopsis

On this day in Labor History the year was 1971. That Sunday, President Richard Nixon addressed the nation in a speech that preempted the popular television show, Bonanza.  His subject? The state of the economy. The speech was timed before the stock markets opened on Monday morning.