Editor’s note; The following analysis by Daniel Indiviglio from The Atlantic regarding a NYT article is foreboding of an unknown future.  Half insightful synthesis and half tongue-in-cheek, this article suggests that virtual currency may impact the current monetary system.  The conclusion is brilliant suggesting that the national debt could be paid in virtual currency.  It seems quaint now, but what would happen if the dollar fails?  During the Mexican Crisis, citizens emptied WalMart because today’s peso would be buy fewer Levies tomorrow – and it happened very fast. Get this and get it well: currency is a social agreement. People will trade what ever people agree to trade.

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