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Successive US administrations tried to stop the outflow, without success. Dwight D. Eisenhower banned Americans from buying ...

The level of gold capitalisation in the US dollar banking system, among other things, was a key reason why the US dollar ...

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It is fashionable for Nigerians who know, and those who utterly have no idea, what neo-liberal economic policies mean, to ask why the Federal Gov­ernment and its economic policy­makers adopt the ...

With the U.S. deprioritizing development, experts say power at the World Bank could be shifting — and with it, potentially ...

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Barry Eichengreen explains why the US president’s second administration, unlike his first, is targeting all three.

The fall of the pound and the rise of Bitcoin show a shift in global currency power, moving from gold to crypto.

The economic pivot, which has focused on aggressive tariffs and significant cuts to government spending, has sent US equities ...

Discover the long history of money, from goldsmiths to Bitcoin, and how digital currencies are challenging traditional monetary systems.