A Global Currency
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There was a global currency. It was gold. It was the standard that restricted fiat paper money from unbridled monetary expansion until governments across the globe decided that the gold standard is unattainable anymore and strictly now rely on fiat paper money. As for a global fiat paper currency as the universal currency, this would be highly unrecommended. Technically, in the fiat paper currency world, the United States dollar is the global currency now because it is regarded as the standard, which means how currency is rated and traded. Side: For
The argument can be made that ‘petroleum’ is the global currency having multiple fiat currencies as its proxy. But I am not here to argue that axiom. Moreover, I am not here to dispute your intent. For, I am well aware of the pains that are associated with attempting a resolution of the current, global, economic system which is commonly obfuscated by the term ‘globalization’. However, you do deserve a pat on the back. Very few people are capable of questioning the legitimacy, more rather the lack thereof, of the economic system they are both enslaved and destroyed by. And to end my appraisal of both as succinctly as I can, I say thus: “ You see the category-six storm building in the horizon and are horrified thereby; your counterparts, on the other hand, see only bright, sun shinny days in the horizon and are daydreaming of the coming bliss." God forbid you question their ‘coming bliss’! Side: For
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it would make free market capitalism a lot easier. but there is one thing that must be put down in order to allow this hope, centralized currency. what i mean is before universal currency happens, we need all government affiliation out of it. they would no doubt try to form and mesh economies together in order to form a world government, something i tread. because then there would be no opposition to this Juggernaut if all followed suit and joined if for the economic "benefits" Side: For
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The risks are too big. If one country falls then the rest do. The current global market is unique because of differences in economies. Look at Europe, they are suffering because of Greece. Because the Euro is doing badly, it's hindering the economic recovery around the world. Side: Against
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