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by KikoHeit 522 days ago
Which has nothing to do with this, since all the graphs show divergence in 1971, 2 years prior.
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> all the graphs show divergence in 1971, 2 years prior

Almost none of them do. First chart: dot is before the dip and divergence. Second chart is a mess, but even then, the non-blue lines are bundled until 1975; the blue line doesn't meaningfully depart until 1973. Third chart: divergence doesn't start until 1980.

Did abandoning Bretton-Woods contribute to these changes? Probably. Is it the Mayan 2012 that this website tries to make it look like? No.

It's pretty common for a big event's effects only to show a bit later.

I don't think it's only the gold standard though, no.