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The Fake Petrodollar Story - No, Saudi Arabia Didn’t Ditch the Dollar

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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:54 - What's a Petrodollar?
00:03:52 - The Death of the Dollar
00:04:36 - The "Petrodollar" Agreement
00:08:00 - Why the Dollar Dominates
00:10:11 - Why Saudi Arabia Can't Quit the Dollar
00:11:55 - The Truth Around the Dollar's Decline
00:14:19 - Conclusion

We've seen some fake headlines spreading about the end of a 50-year petrodollar agreement with Saudi Arabia - today's video looks into the facts around the situation.

June 8, 1974 agreement (p. 788): https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/lltreaties//lltreaties-25-3/lltreaties-25-3.pdf

Bloomberg Story on the July 1974 agreement: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-05-30/the-untold-story-behind-saudi-arabia-s-41-year-u-s-debt-secret?sref=Oeyjq8by&embedded-checkout=true

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