I was reading a news article on Yahoo today, the article stated that Franklin D Roosevelt took us off the gold standard in 1933, not true, it was Richard M Nixon that took us off gold standard in 1971, I am what is called an elderly person I was there, Nixon stated such during a fire side chat to the nation. Maybe this false information is due to the fact that FDR was a democrat, albeit old school democrat not the nut cakes we have today. Nixon was a republican.
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FDR was a Socialist. Not sure why anyone would want credit for removing the gold standard.
It's not a matter of credit Nomad1 it only fact checking, but NO FDR was not a socialist.
Even history channel is going along with it. What a dirty tactic.
https://www.history.com/news/how-did-the-gold-standard-contribute-to-the-great-depression