Bretton Woods was designed to restrict capital flow. This was one of the decisions by policy makers in response to the decline in value in many currencies during the 1930s. Policy makers tend to always believe speculation is at the root of all problems.
In this video I disucss how the origin of the Eurodollar System was the financial sector addressing demand from the market. What policy makers miss is that money is required for trade. Within 10 years, the Eurodollar System took over the funding of global trade.
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