Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at international summit meeting calls for single, world currency »
Posted By onlyonesecret 7 months ago in News
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev illustrated his call for a supranational currency to replace the dollar by pulling from his pocket a sample coin of a “united future world currency.”
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Dionys7 months ago
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People have called for a world currency before. It's not likely to happen. Not many people will support a call by a totalitarian leader of a country still on the edge of collapse. Besides, that's not what he's saying. He's calling for a mix of reserve currencies.
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It's much, much more likely and much a more dangerous possibility that the currency used to deal for Petrol will be changed from Dollars to something else.
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danikreg7 months ago
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"Medvedev has repeatedly called for creating a mix of regional reserve currencies as part of the drive to address the global financial crisis, while questioning the U.S. dollar’s future as a global reserve currency. Russia’s proposals for the G-20 meeting in London in April included the creation of a supranational currency."
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... he seems to be a smart man - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev though :o
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