Re: [HoE] [HOE] General Stuff

[Matthew DeForrest <mmdeforrest@worldnet.att.net>]

The Bard wrote:

> I don't see why anyone would honer old usa/csa money. The only reason
> that paper money has any value because it is saposted to represent an
> amout of gold or other rare meatel the Gov. Has stored away to back up
> the paper money. (Which make me wonder how Ghoust rock affected fiscal
> Policy. But that is another post.) There are no loger any Govt. to back
> the money so that only thing it would be good for would be to whip you
> arse.
>
> JJ "Prove me wrong" Thornton :-)

Not that this contradicts your point, but the gold and silver (and other
metal) standards were done away with long ago -- there is simply not enough
gold, silver, and other precious metals in the world to back the current
world economy (I suspect that NY or CA would outstrip the supply on their
own).  The value of a nation's script is determined by the relative
strength of its economy.  As the governments of the world cease to exist in
HoE, their money would become valuable only if someone has a use of it.
For example, coins loaded into a gun can wound or at least discourage
people (the British used this in Northern Ireland and there are people with
5p pieces stamped into their bodies as a result).  The paper money would
make decent insulation on a cold night.

I do take the point, however, that particular communities might take old
currencies, in an attempt to maintain a sense of community, out of
patriotism, or because the coins represent a fixed value and use.  I
suspect these places, however, would be rare and well off the beaten track.
Settlements large enough to be regional centers might start printing or
minting a local currency (or take over an old one).

Just my thoughts.

--
Matthew M. DeForrest, Ph.D.          Adjunct Professor of Communications
Adjunct Professor of English             Wingate University
UNC Charlotte                                 Wingate, NC 28174-0157
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001

"Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not
powerless.
 Dead - I say?  There is no death.  Only a change of worlds."
Chief Seattle, "Our People are Ebbing Away like a Receding Tide," 1855.