K.S. Rajan (7
Feb 2012)
"UNIVERSAL CURRENCY"
The talk now is about a universal currency, but it will change
to a universal cashless society. This will bring all buying and
selling under the control of a world government.
"But does this mean we'll never see a global currency? A recent
Pew Research poll reveals that 41 per cent of Americans expect
it by 2050. Maybe the idea has been planted in our heads by
leftist utopians and science fiction authors: "credits" are used
in everything from Star Warsto Star Trek. Yet economics titans
such as John Maynard Keynes have also touted the idea
JOHNMCTERNAN
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/02/ideas-bank/universal-currency