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Is the Dollar an Endangered Species?

When you get past all of the emotional trappings, your money is nothing more than a symbol of value, and it’s only as good as the trust we place in it. This TED talk suggests that we may be headed into an era of multiple monies.
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Is the dollar doomed? Will currency be privatized? Kemp Robertson says that universal currency standards are relatively new inventions, and that they may be threatened by bitcoin and other alternative currencies in the near future. What do you think?