Opinion: Fifty years later, Nixon's 'August surprise' still reverberates

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Thus did Richard M. Nixon revolutionize global economics 50 years ago this month ... Americans started to question the post-World War II economic system. ... Even China, its Nixon-initiated relationship with the United States curdled ...

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