Or, if the US dollar drops out of the race (who can tell what the next decade will bring, after all), number three?

China certainly would not want to have the reserve currency until 2020/2030 ... depending on how rough the ride is as they turn the demographic corner, but the Yen as a counterweight to the Euro might be acceptable.

Four? (or, if the US$ drops out, three?) ChrisCook's PetroDinar?


I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.