> The only plausible theory of institutional collapse I can think of is the end of the petrodollar, and that will happen anyway. There is no cruise missile that

> The only plausible theory of institutional collapse I can think of is the end of the petrodollar, and that will happen anyway. There is no cruise missile that can blow up that threat. It might have been handy to have those trillions spent on war to build our economy in other ways so as to withstand the end of the Oil Age. I wonder what is going to replace the petrodollar. InfoTechnodollar, energydollar, dnadollar, water-dollar, fooddollar ?