SO THESE FIVE GUYS WALK INTO A HOTEL: THE PLAZA ACCORD

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 25 April 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In 1985, a new Treasury Secretary had a shocking idea. Get the financial leaders of the world large economies in one gilded hotel room and don't tell the press, or the markets, until the deal is done. The Plaza Accords, as they were dubbed, has come up again in today's tariff discussions. At least one administration official would say it's what's needed today. We get into it, and why it didn't have a long term effect. But it's also true to say this - nothing worked like Plaza before or since. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.9	Hello, this is Matt and McKinley from History Dispatches.
0:47.6	We are the father-son duo bringing you the weird, the wild, the wacky, and the craziest tales from across time.
0:50.1	From the Ice Bowl to the Great Heathen Army.
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0:54.4	The same head they kept on a pike for three years?
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