I think the world would die.
2007-02-07 08:24:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
That is an impossibility too much depends on currency.
2007-02-07 08:27:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's actually not that far of a stretch, because the value of money only exist because the people of the world trust their governments. money is nothing but a contract between the people and the governments. The government says this bill is worth this amount and is good everywhere and the people accept this idea. U.S dollar was once based on the gold standard which backed up all the currency with an equal amount of gold, but since we do not follow that anymore, everyone in the world could decide not to believe in money , and it would be worthless. I'm not sure what would happen but i wouldn't like to go back to the barter system where i would have to give away my used stuff to get more used stuff, because that's nothing more than a bad garage sell.
2007-02-07 16:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by dave k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Somebody would invent something that served as money.
Money was created because barter is impractical after a point - trading chickens for a house ends up being a lot of chickens, for example. (And then you have the carpenter wondering what to do with all those chickens.)
Without money, trade on a national scale is impossible; effectively, the world would die.
2007-02-07 16:29:21 · answer #3 · answered by Peter E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually no, it wouldn't die, people would find something else to barter with and it would in low quantity so that it would be of value. But somehow I do not think money will go out of fashion. :)
2007-02-07 16:29:09 · answer #4 · answered by 49erfan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the world would decide in about five minutes that it was wrong.
2007-02-07 16:29:14 · answer #5 · answered by Bobby Cretin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, we are going to change (once more) eggs for corn and so on ... as it used to be centuries ago ...
2007-02-07 16:27:52 · answer #6 · answered by Vesna G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be rich, because I don't have much money :))))) I'd better go and stock up on corn right away!
2007-02-07 16:27:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
what if we all became allergic to air?
what if we all decided that walking upright was wrong and we started crawling?
what if rain turned into juice?
What if?
2007-02-07 16:33:09 · answer #8 · answered by Dr Stoopid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋