for the signing of the Bretonwoods Monetary Agreement authorized by President Truman to sign for the United States. Fiat currency, money backed by nothing but the threat of state violence. It's valuable just because they say it is, but we know they're going to just print and print until our savings turn to dust.Dust. This is of course as opposed to the good old days when money was backed by solid gold in a monetary system that everyone could believe in, right. Well, about that.Today, we investigate the syst ...