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Anon describes currency (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Zenoctate@lemmy.world to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Only officially. The US effectivly dropped the gold standard in 1933 because it was making the Great Depression worse. Money was completely stagnant, and the federal worl projects FDR championed to get the economy moving again couldn't be funded when the government couldn't get access to more gold.