The petrodollar agreement of 1974-1975 guaranteed that OPEC could charge any price for oil and would recycle oil earnings into US financial markets (stocks and bonds), creating the mechanism for US hegemony after the end of the gold standard.
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Michael HudsonEvidence Quote
“the whole idea of the petrodollar agreement of 1974-1975, that uh OPEC could charge whatever it wanted for its oil, and it would be uh reinvested oil earnings in the US financial market, stocks and bonds.”
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