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Debate: Fiat currency
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| + | The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or money whose usefulness results not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be converted into gold or another currency, but instead from a government's order (fiat) that it must be accepted as a means of payment. | ||
| + | This debate asks if fiat-currency should be used. | ||
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| + | <small>Some content for this introduction is taken from [[wikipedia:Fiat currency|Fiat currency]] at Wikipedia.</small> | ||
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Background and Context of Debate:The terms fiat currency and fiat money relate to types of currency or money whose usefulness results not from any intrinsic value or guarantee that it can be converted into gold or another currency, but instead from a government's order (fiat) that it must be accepted as a means of payment. This debate asks if fiat-currency should be used. Some content for this introduction is taken from Fiat currency at Wikipedia. |
