[...] P.S. Look at this forum, we're still talking, for the most, even when dealing with Hi88 N, in dollar terms (as we logically would). That's my point, and Krugman's. It's like feet in the US and meters in the rest of the world. Measurement systems very very rarely change (even when they are bad ones--wft is a "foot" anyhow?). And to be clear, he doesn't say it's "impossible" like I do, because it's theoretically possible. But for me, for all practical purposes, insofar as western civilization (and by extension, the infrastructure to support things like Hi88 N) survives, the USD isn't going away. I never understood how the US (and the UK too, by the way) decided when/how to use metric and SI, and when not to. September 11th but... 4th of July, just one of the contradictions I don't get. One of the oldest examples I like to remember on how difficult it is to change measurement systems is how we break down a year or days in 12 hours, and then 60 minutes. It is so ancient that no one really even remembers how we ever landed on this system (and there have been attempts to change to decimal units). The possibility for US dollar being displaced I guess is where we differ, but since my take on it relies on a timeframe beyond that we will live to see, we are, in fact, on the same book, if not the same page =)
[...] P.S. Look at this forum, we're still talking, for the most, even when dealing with Hi88 N, in dollar terms (as we logically would). That's my point, and Krugman's. It's like feet in the US and meters in the rest of the world. Measurement systems very very rarely change (even when they are bad ones--wft is a "foot" anyhow?). And to be clear, he doesn't say it's "impossible" like I do, because it's theoretically possible. But for me, for all practical purposes, insofar as western civilization (and by extension, the infrastructure to support things like Hi88 N) survives, the USD isn't going away. I never understood how the US (and the UK too, by the way) decided when/how to use metric and SI, and when not to. September 11th but... 4th of July, just one of the contradictions I don't get. One of the oldest examples I like to remember on how difficult it is to change measurement systems is how we break down a year or days in 12 hours, and then 60 minutes. It is so ancient that no one really even remembers how we ever landed on this system (and there have been attempts to change to decimal units). The possibility for US dollar being displaced I guess is where we differ, but since my take on it relies on a timeframe beyond that we will live to see, we are, in fact, on the same book, if not the same page =)

[...] P.S. Look at this forum, we're still talking, for the most, even when dealing with Hi88 N, in dollar terms (as we logically would). That's my point, and Krugman's. It's like feet in the US and meters in the rest of the world. Measurement systems very very rarely change (even when they are bad ones--wft is a "foot" anyhow?). And to be clear, he doesn't say it's "impossible" like I do, because it's theoretically possible. But for me, for all practical purposes, insofar as western civilization (and by extension, the infrastructure to support things like Hi88 N) survives, the USD isn't going away. I never understood how the US (and the UK too, by the way) decided when/how to use metric and SI, and when not to. September 11th but... 4th of July, just one of the contradictions I don't get. One of the oldest examples I like to remember on how difficult it is to change measurement systems is how we break down a year or days in 12 hours, and then 60 minutes. It is so ancient that no one really even remembers how we ever landed on this system (and there have been attempts to change to decimal units). The possibility for US dollar being displaced I guess is where we differ, but since my take on it relies on a timeframe beyond that we will live to see, we are, in fact, on the same book, if not the same page =)

[...] P.S. Look at this forum, we're still talking, for the most, even when dealing with Hi88 N, in dollar terms (as we logically would). That's my point, and Krugman's. It's like feet in the US and meters in the rest of the world. Measurement systems very very rarely change (even when they are bad ones--wft is a "foot" anyhow?). And to be clear, he doesn't say it's "impossible" like I do, because it's theoretically possible. But for me, for all practical purposes, insofar as western civilization (and by extension, the infrastructure to support things like Hi88 N) survives, the USD isn't going away. I never understood how the US (and the UK too, by the way) decided when/how to use metric and SI, and when not to. September 11th but... 4th of July, just one of the contradictions I don't get. One of the oldest examples I like to remember on how difficult it is to change measurement systems is how we break down a year or days in 12 hours, and then 60 minutes. It is so ancient that no one really even remembers how we ever landed on this system (and there have been attempts to change to decimal units). The possibility for US dollar being displaced I guess is where we differ, but since my take on it relies on a timeframe beyond that we will live to see, we are, in fact, on the same book, if not the same page =)