Casual Historian | How a Currency War Started the Great Depression | Casual Historian @CasualHistorian | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 41 minutes ago.
World War One destabilized the international money system so badly that most countries had a hard time going back to pre-war standards of monetary policy. In this fumbling around they all experimented with devaluing their currencies in order to encourage foreigns to buy more of their stuff. But did it work? Watch to find out.

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