Richard Russell – Expect An Avalanche Of Fiat Money Creation
KingWorldNews.com
October 21, 2014
Today the Godfather of newsletter writers, 90-year old Richard Russell, warned that the world should now brace itself for the creation of a veritable avalanche of fiat currencies. The 60-year market veteran also covered gold, silver, stocks, China, the U.S. dollar and more.
Russell: “In the early days of the US, the dollar was trusted. The reason it was trusted was that the dollar was backed by physical gold. Those were the days when the dollar was considered “good as gold.” The obvious reason was that a person could take his dollars into any bank, and exchange his dollars for gold.
This changed in 1933 when Americans were forbidden by law to own gold. As far as Americans were concerned, they were now dealing with paper and could no longer exchange their paper for gold.
So in 1933, Americans were no longer on the gold standard. But foreigners who were creditors of the US would settle their accounts in gold. If the US had a debt with a creditor, the creditor could settle his debt by calling in a quantity of gold.
This changed in 1971 when, in the face of an outpouring of US gold, President Nixon slammed the gold window shut. This took the US, both domestically and internationally, off the gold standard. The dollar was simply a piece of paper, comparable to Monopoly money. Following the US’ example, the rest of the world abandoned the gold standard.
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