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Why Did the United States Leave the Gold Standard in 1971

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Why did the United States leave the gold standard in 1971?


A) in order to gain greater economic freedom
B) because foreign banks began selling gold to buy dollars
C) because most countries had already abandoned the gold standard
D) because it would make global finance less complicated

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