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> Fiat currencies are not ideal but are the best known currency tool to date. By what metric? >Finally, the ability go debase (I assume you mean devaluating)
by logicchains 6y ago
> Fiat currencies are not ideal but are the best known currency tool to date.
By what metric?
>Finally, the ability go debase (I assume you mean devaluating) a currency is (arguably) a desirable characteristic. During crises, responsibly devaluating a currency can help a country's economy.
I'm skeptical that any benefit this brings outweighs the catastrophic damage it causes when misused. E.g. Weimar Germany, Zimbabwe.
- tupputuppu 6y agoAs described in the article, we are living in a period known as the Great Moderation, a previously unforeseen time of financial stability, low unemployment, and lack of Major depressions. Bringing up autocratic developing countries isn't a great counterexample to the level of welfare we've been privy to in the developed world.