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| '''Richard Nixon''' was a [[UnitedStates/RepublicanParty|Republican]] politician, [[UnitedStates/HouseOfRepresentatives|congressman]], [[UnitedStates/Senate|senator]], vice president, and [[UnitedStates/Presidents|president]] of the United States. | '''Richard Nixon''' was a [[UnitedStates/RepublicanParty|Republican]] politician, [[UnitedStates/Congress|congressman]], vice president, and [[UnitedStates/Presidents|president]] of the United States. |
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=== Gold Standard === Nixon abandoned the gold standard in 1971. This had sweeping consequences internationally. In [[Japan]], this [[Japan/Economy#Monetary_Policy|ended]] the fixed exchange rate that [[Japan/GHQ|GHQ]] had set in 1949. |
Nixon abandoned the gold standard in 1971. In [[Japan]], this had the direct effect of [[Japan/Economy#Monetary_Policy|ending]] the fixed exchange rate that [[Japan/GHQ|GHQ]] had set in 1949. |
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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was a Republican politician, congressman, vice president, and president of the United States.
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Nixon abandoned the gold standard in 1971. In Japan, this had the direct effect of ending the fixed exchange rate that GHQ had set in 1949.