It's easy to see war as simply a mechanism of guns and missiles. But the foundation of nearly all wars is economic, and what we're facing today is no different. It's a war we very well may lose.
Whatever currency is eventually "agreed" upon, it will still be run and controlled by anonymous financiers, scions of very old (and never to be surrendered) wealth. Most of the populations of the world are ignorant of that fact. Mavericks will find a way around it and do well. Sheep will bleet and follow the herd. And too many will fall through the cracks. Pretty much the way it is right now.
Economic World War Is About to Get Even Hotter
Whatever currency is eventually "agreed" upon, it will still be run and controlled by anonymous financiers, scions of very old (and never to be surrendered) wealth. Most of the populations of the world are ignorant of that fact. Mavericks will find a way around it and do well. Sheep will bleet and follow the herd. And too many will fall through the cracks. Pretty much the way it is right now.
Re gold: it is easy to buy, but how do I sell it or use it to buy food, etc.?