what will happen if the whole world used the same currency?????
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No passports and visas will be required then.\nIt will be a real village.
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Currency values between countries aren't controlled by any specific agency or anything, they're resultant of the economic factors in the various countries. A country can't just one day say 'hey, our currency's worth 10 times more than it was yesterday!' - it's a measure of how much money will by in the given countries versus production costs, etc. etc. - it isn't a controlled value.
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That's not exactly true.  Europe has adopted the Euro which is used by all European countries, however Great Britain which is part of the European union has elected to stay with the pound, for now.
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Go to www.xe.com\n\nthey have world currency...
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the world would certainly be a good place without money. no greed! but then again, how would we trade? how would i get what i need from the next person? before the invention of money, there was battering, which didn't work because it meant i had to have something of the same value in order to get something that i want from the next person. money makes this sort of dilemma easier!
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Currency denominations on one country are not based on currency of another country. The US dollar is a standard of measure in the US, regardless of its performance against other currencies, such as the Euro or pound.
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so he could be on one of our currency bills..???
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There would be two problems - getting readers that count the foreign currency, and getting up-to-date conversion rates sent to it, so that you con't get cheated by currency rates changing.\n\nYou'd have to set it up so that it either gets an update once per day, say, or like an ATM, it would 'phone home' for every transaction to verify rates.  A daily update would be more efficient.\n\nAnother problem would be displaying the prices.  You'd need a touch-screen with a menu system, first showing a menu of currencies accepted, and then the items for sale (so that you can display the menu in the currency of choice)  If the item menu displays the prices in several different currencies at once, it would be too cumbersome.\n\nHer's another option - say you are returning from Europe with a few Euros here, a few pounds there, some Rials, and a few Rands.  It would be cool to select an item and just start feeding in all those different currencies until the item is paid for, and it spits out change in Dollars or something.  This would make displaying prices difficult, since you are using several currencies to pay for an item, but this would be a valuable thing to have in airports around the world.\n\nInteresting idea.
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WE could pay it off today, if all the countries that OWE US money had to pay us back!! Thats the problem, we have let the money owed to us go without being paid back!!
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Wow you are a big brave guy.  You write jabs at people and end your question before anyone can respond to it.  \n\nI guess the micro pen joke is actually not a joke at all.  And just like a typical liberal when you cannot logically prove your thesis you start hurling insults to make up for your lack of intellect.\n\nWell I will post my response here and answer this question.\n\nHow many economic classes have you taken?  I can definitely see not many.  Currency deflation is an economic strategy.  Did you know Japan has purposely deflated it's currency five time in the last 20 years?  Last time I checked Japan is the second largest economy in world.\n\nA weaker currency can be a bad thing, but not in the case of the US.  Our largest trading partners have their currency pegged to ours.  The commodities Americans need for everyday use are traded in dollars not foreign currencies, so the price of these good does not increase just because the dollar decreases.\n\nLet me give you a simple, easy macroeconomic example.  I will use the Euro and Microsoft.  The Euro is trading higher than the dollar, and next year Microsoft plans to release Vista.  This mean two things either Microsoft can sell Vista at a cheaper price meaning more Europeans will buy copies then they would have previously, which means that Microsoft will have even more revenue and expand the US economy.  Or the more likely scenario is that Microsoft will keep the price of Vista the same, since they probably figure they will sell just as many copies either way.  If they sell Vista at the same price they planned to sell it for two years ago, then since the Euro is worth more against the dollar, Microsoft will generate more revenue; and again expand the US economy.\n\nNow multiply this example by hundreds of tech companies, and thousands of other companies. The result is large economic expansion.\n\nNow, long term, meaning if the dollar stays low for 20, 30, or 40 years, there may be dire consequences.  Global commodity exchange markets could stop standardizing on the dollar, etc.  But that most likely will not happen, as the US economy grows because of the weaker dollar, the dollar will automatically increase in value.\n\nWhy don't you educate yourself before you make such asinine comments.  If just makes you look like a fool.\n\nNow to answer this question.\n\nWarming and cooling trends on the earth are cyclical and have nothing to do with the actions of human beings.\n\nIn fact, the current CO2 level is the lowest it has been in the entire geologic history of the earth.  In fact, grasses only evolved and started to flourish because they require less carbon dioxide than other plant life.  Likewise, many plant species became extinct because the level of carbon dioxide has decreased so dramatically.\n\n-------\nJake F. I cannot believe how stupid you are about to look.  So, the atmospheric carbon dioxide level today is the highest it has ever been ever, huh?\n\nWell, let's take a look at mid-Cretaceous period 120 to 90 Million years ago. During that period of geologic history the carbon dioxide levels where AT LEAST 2 to 4 times higher than they are today.  And the levels were even higher before the Cretaceous period.  \n\nRead it for yourself on the NOAA website, which is not some nameless site; but the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration!\n\nhttp://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/cretaceous.html\n\n\nI wish I could see the look on your face, and that face would be the face of the dumbest person on earth!\n\nOuch!  Burned toast!!\n\nRemember the earth is 4.5 billion years old, and has gone through numerous climate changes.  When people talk about global warming they are only looking at the past 100-200 years or maybe the past 1000 years of time, which isn't even one one-trillionth the amount of time the earth has existed.\n\nAnd micro pen, I do not care about making personal comments to you.  I would rather make them publicly, as far as the
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If our society changed to another form of currency, than the new form would be considered the "root of all evil."  This phrase is based on that everyone wants money; to survive or just have that nice, new gadget.  It makes others do crazy things to get it, whether working all day and nite or even cheating or stealing.  Unfortunately there is no simple solution to solve the problem with distributing currency equally, because of greed and envy.
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There would be a frenzy.  Look at how people are going after meaningless points, me included.  Just imagine what offering  money would do to us.
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always go for a currency basket , make changes according to situation and economic data ( $ , euro , gold , swiss , yen)
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Yes. In many ways it began with the advent of the euro. It is inevitable that the lines that divide nation states will blur as the centuries pass. Many, most, world economies today depend on other nations for economic support and trade, one of the first steps in global unification must be the integration and enforcement of a single world currency.\n\nThere will, and can, never be an end to currency. For as long as humans have existed there has been some kind of exchange for goods or services offered. Whether the bone necklaces and tools traded (used as currency) by our prehistoric ancestors or present day credit card transactions there is a need for some form of currency to obtain something in which one cannot make, whether through lack of skill or resources, for themselves. As long as humanity exists some form of currency must exist.
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where you echange different types of currency
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Nothing\n\nThe Euro is now the currency of Spain\n\nIt would have been worth $7.17\n\nIt is no longer accepted for changing at commercial banks. There is a very faint chance that the central Spanish bank in Madrid  may still change it for Euros.
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I am unable to help too much since I don't understand your question.\n\nTo convert from one currency into another try the following site:\n\nhttp://www.gocurrency.com/add-converter.htm\nhttp://www.forex.ch/converter.htm