John Maynard Keynes

Born 1883

Forty-four Allied nations meet at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to design the post-war financial order. They create the IMF, the World Bank, and a dollar-anc…

• 1944 CE

  Bretton Woods designs the post-war economy

  Forty-four Allied nations meet at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to design the post-war financial order. They create the IMF, the World Bank, and a dollar-anchored exchange system—establishing the U.S. as the center of global finance for the next eight decades.