Wow, I never thought of Canada that way. Guess were are all living/working for corporations just under different names.
Congratulations, petros and TenPenney!
Got me on spelling.
Certainly it is an independent institution, einmensch, that is how it should be. The same is true of similar bodies all over the world, Federal Reserve, Bank of England, Reserve Bank of India etc.
There has to be an independent body monitoring the fiscal policy, setting interest rates, inflation targets etc., which is free from politics, independent of government.
Better red than dead, I guess.Do I deserve to have sooooo many reds --What a joke--
Do I deserve to have sooooo many reds --What a joke--
Just a little question: What or how would this international currency be backed?
Yes, but think how many made or lost money during this recession. There are many people 45-65 years old who will never work again except maybe as a Wal-Mart greeter. Yes, the banking system will go on and we can see it now with little or no change. Goldman Sachs devoured off the major competition, wiped out the world and are now moving on. Yes things will get better, but there are to many causalities out there who will never recover.
Just a little question: What or how would this international currency be backed?
Far from creating a Global currency, we need to reestablish the sovereign nation state. At the core of that is sovereign control of currency and credit. We had a system that worked from 1946 to 1971, the Bretton Woods Agreement, that set fixed exchange rates, through the so called Gold Standard.
That was laid waste by the rise of monetarism, and the global casino of currency speculation that now rules the world economy, only a fraction of which supports real physical trade. The currency derivatives now represent a claim of 20X the world's productive capacity. When that bubble bursts, hyperinflation and complete economic chaos loom.
The IMF, World Bank, and WTO have proven themselves corrupt and ineffective at managing the world economy, the UN would be as bad, and likely worse. It is time to reestablish the nation state, and regulation in the national interest of trade, currency and credit. That is the only hope of getting out of a downward spiralling economic malaise.
The currency derivatives now represent a claim of 20X the world's productive capacity. When that bubble bursts, hyperinflation and complete economic chaos loom.
I don’t think currency trading leads to any bubble as such, Coldstream. The traders however, can cause run on the currency of a particular country, it has happened many times. When the Asian bubble collapsed, there was a run on many Asian currencies.
Canadian dollar is also susceptible to some extent. It went as low as 60 cents USA, then went up to par (or was it slightly above par), now it has settled to slightly below US dollar. Analysts say that it will surpass US dollar in the not far distant future.
So undoubtedly currency trading can substantially affect the particular currencies. However, I don’t’ see any worldwide crises in currency trading, like we recently had with the meltdown.
Ya! There is one in the swine flu shot they will be giving everybody this fall. Be prepared to be chipped (mark of the beast!) Ah well Alley, you'll be raptured before that happens any way.;-)IMO, it doesn't matter if we have national currencies or just one global currency. Eventually currency will be a embedded microchip anyway. That's far worse any day.:-|