Bretton Woods came apart not formally in 1971 but functionally in the 1960s as the eurodollar system took over the functions of the official reserve currency system; by 1961 (London Gold Pool) and certainly by 1971 the eurodollar had already superseded Bretton Woods.
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Jeff SniderEvidence Quote
“the euro dollar had already taken over all of the roles from Bretton Woods...he had the London Gold pulled all the way back in 1961”
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