Aeon
May 28, 2017 - 7 min
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Is our concept of monetary norms about to change? It’s 50 years since Richard Nixon severed the dollar’s link with the gold standard and replaced it with a system of exchange rates. From America’s global status to the total global debt expansion, Gillian Tett reveals why she thinks that a similar change in today’s monetary system is on the horizon.