该安排之所以崩溃，是因为美国不再愿意紧缩货币政策以及采取更严格的财政政策：不难理解，对尼克松总统来说，取悦美国选民要比维持全球固定汇率体系更加重要。
The arrangement collapsed because the US did not want to tighten monetary policy and run more restrictive fiscal policy: keeping US voters happy was understandably more important to President Nixon than maintaining a global system of fixed exchange rates.