Japan, 35.68536, 139.75309United States, 39.76, -98.5Baldowski, Clifford H., 1917-19991971The Clifford Baldowski cartoon depicts a diagram showing Richard Nixon cutting the string between a bar of "Gold" and a "U.S. Dollar." The dollar then goes through the steps of the machine resulting in Mikio Mizuta floating a "Yen." Each step is labeled and described. "U.S. President Nixon (A) announces new economic policies cutting (B) historic ties with gold (C) to U.S. dollar (E) which floats, unbalancing abstract economic theory mobile (F) tipping off (G) currencies (H)-- already in hot hot water (I), juggling money markets (J), causing Japan's Finance Minister Mikio Mizuta (K) involuntarily to float yen (M)--" "(D) was lost in devaluation."The cartoon is signed "with apologies to Rube Goldberg."image/jp2eng[Atlanta, Ga. : Atlanta Constitution, 1971]http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Clifford H. Baldowski Editorial Cartoon Collection, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GeorgiaForeign exchange--United StatesForeign exchange--JapanGold standardDevaluation of currencyUnited States--Foreign economic relations--JapanJapan--Foreign economic relations--United StatesUnited States--Economic policy--1971-1981Japan--Economic policy--1945-1989[Baldy cartoon on President Nixon's gold policy], Baldy, [1971]StillImage