If the United States had pulled out of the Vietnam War earlier, thus in some measure slowing the flight of the dollar, would this have, at least, been enough to delay the eventual closing of the gold window that took place?
Why, when OPEC raised the price of oil to $12/barrel in 1973, did they require payment to be made in dollars?
Thomas
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