Graetz, Michael J.; Briffault, Olivia - 2017
Since the time of the French Revolution, when a gold standard saved the nation from hyperinflation, France has wanted … 1944 730 delegates from 44 countries met to create the post-war international financial order, the French argued that gold … stability. The French attachment to gold was rooted at least as much in politics as in economics, in particular in France …