The International Monetary System and the end of the Bretton Woods system
Interview with Jacques de Larosière: the International Monetary System and the end of the Bretton Woods system (Paris, 22 May 2008)
Audio extractIn this interview, Jacques de Larosière, former Head of Department in the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance, looks back at the end of the International Monetary System, devised at Bretton Woods in 1944, following the United States’ decision in 1971 to uncouple the dollar from the value of gold.