John Maynard Keynes at the Bretton Woods Conference (July 1944)
Image John Maynard Keynes, an internationally renowned economist and financial adviser at the British Treasury, at the Bretton Woods Conference in July 1944. At the conference, 44 countries sign an agreement which establishes the gold exchange standard and makes the US dollar the only reserve currency convertible into gold.
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Source: Conference of representatives from 44 governments on currency, payment and trade questions in the postwar period, Bretton Woods. Lord John Maynard Keynes (British economist) during a speech [online]. AKG-images/ImageGlobe. Black and White.
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