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The History of Paper Money - The Gold Standard

Even as the use of paper money grew, ties to the gold standard remained... and remained challenging. From the First Opium War to the Great Depression, events around the world stretched the capacity of bullion based economics. So what - and who - finally abandoned it?

English
  • Originally Aired November 5, 2016
  • Runtime 10 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created March 15, 2018 by
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