
June 5, 1933: The Dollar’s Day of Infamy
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called Dec. 7, 1941, “A date that will live in infamy.” When it comes to the US monetary system, June 5, 1933 should share that ignoble title, because that date marks the beginning of a slow death of the dollar. Eighty-two years ago, the US […]