The Bretton Woods System (HOM 35-A)

History of Money, Lecture 35, Pt. A: overview of the Bretton Woods Conference in New Hampshire in July 1944, including the emergence of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency, the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development). Also includes a discussion of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and leading banker David Rockefeller.
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