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Nixon Shock of 1971

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

normal distribution of risk

Norman, Montagu

Norman v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.

North Korea

Norton, Charles D.

Obama, Barack

and China’s President Hu

and IMF’s SDR dollar replacement strategy

National Export Initiative

2008 to 2010 stimulus programs

and U.S. attack on Japanese yen

O’Donnell, Bill

over-the-counter derivatives

Pacific theater, dollar-yuan relationship

Page, Scott

Palazzo Corsini, Rome

Panic of 1890

Panic of 1907

Panic of 1931

Panic of 2008

bailouts during

Brazil and

exchange rate disputes

Federal Reserve and lender of last resort function in

G20 and

gold and money supply in aftermath of

liquidity shortages from losses in

money velocity in

SWF investments in

U.S. and China in

value at risk role in cause of

and Wall Street’s risk evaluation methods

paper currencies

Dubai as largest transshipment point for

gold backing for paper money

gold vs. paper money

paper-gold ratio during World War I

paper SDR

paper gold

Paris 1919 (MacMillan)

Paris Peace Conference of 1919

Pentagon, U.S.

People’s Bank of China (PBOC)

People’s Liberation Army (China)

Pépin, Jean-Luc

Peterson, Peter G.

phase transitions, in complex system

Plaza Accord, 1985

Poland

Pompidou, Georges

Portugal

price-gold-flow mechanism

price-specie-flow mechanism

primary dealers

private enterprise

prospect theory

protectionism

Putin, Vladimir

quantitative easing (QE)

Ray, Chris

Reagan, Ronald

real estate bubble of 2002 to 2007

recessions, U.S.

1970s to 1980s

of 2001

of 2007

See also Panic of 2008

regional currency blocs

Reichsbank

reichsmark

rent seeking

rentenmark

reserve currencies

risk, in complex systems

risk aversion

Road, The (McCarthy)

Rockefeller, John D., Jr.

Romer, Christina D.

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Rothkopf, David

Rousseff, Dilma

Rubin, Robert

Russia

Samuels, Nathaniel

Samuelson, Paul

San Francisco earthquake, 1906

Sarkozy, Nicolas

Schacht, Hjalmar

Schiff, Jacob H.

Scholes, Myron

Schumer, Charles E.

Schwartz, Alan

Second Bank of the United States

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks of

Shakespeare, William

Sharpe, William

Shultz, George P.

Slovic, Paul

Smith, Adam

Smithsonian Agreement

social media

social psychology, on economics

Soros, George

South Korea

sovereign debt crisis of 2010, European

sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)

Spain

special drawing rights (SDRs)

stagflation

state capitalism

sterling

crisis of 1992

devaluations

and gold exchange standard

Stiglitz, Joseph

stimulus, Keynesian

stimulus programs, Obama’s

stock market crash

critical state system of a

of October 19, 1987

Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED)

Strategic Command, U.S. (STRATCOM)

Strauss-Kahn, Dominque

Strong, Benjamin

subprime mortgage crisis, U.S.

Sun Tzu

Superclass (Rothkopf)

supercurrencies

supernotes

Svensson, Lars

Switzerland

Taft, William H.

Tainter, Joseph A.

Taiwan

Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

tariffs

Tauss, Randy

Taylor, John B.

Taylor rule

Tea Party movement

tech bubble collapse of 2000

Temin, Peter

Thailand

Time magazine

Tobin, James

Toronto Star

Trade Act, U.S. 1988

trade deficits

Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917

Treasury, U.S.

and bailout of 2008

China’s accumulation of Treasury debt

China’s purchases of Treasury bonds

China’s U.S. Treasury holdings

currency manipulation charges against China

and dollar-yuan exchange rate

exchange stabilization fund

Federal Reserve IOUs to

on gold exports

gold reserve, increased value of

and 1930s nationalization of gold mines

quantitative easing and Treasury bills

SWFs and Treasury bills

Treaty of Versailles

Tripartite Agreement of 1936

Tversky, Amos

twilight of