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throw0101dtoday at 7:25 PM2 repliesview on HN

> The 1920's gilded age was fueled by fiat money, the greenback.

So-called fiat money didn't become a thing until after FDR became president, which was after 1932.


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nighthawk454today at 7:33 PM

> Greenbacks … a form of fiat money

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenback_(1860s_money)

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Noaiditoday at 7:52 PM

I think at this point you should read a bit more about the antebellum period.