Bretton Woods Conference Establishes Dollar Hegemony Through IMF and World Bank
Delegates from 44 allied nations convene at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire to design the postwar international monetary system. The conference establishes the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, fixing global currencies to the dollar and the dollar to gold at $35/ounce. This institutionalizes …
U.S. Treasury
Harry Dexter White
John Maynard Keynes
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
international-finance
dollar-hegemony
structural-adjustment
corporate-globalization
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