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Ron Chernow

The Great Inflation of the 1970s destroyed faith in paper assets, because if you held a bond, suddenly the bond was worth much less money than it was before.

Ron Chernow

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During the 1970s, high inflation caused the value of money to drop quickly, so investments like bonds lost their purchasing power. This made people lose trust in assets that were based on paper money, as their worth could shrink unexpectedly.

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