What happens when the IMF runs out of money?

[Platypus]

If all the world’s currencies collapse then surely gold won’t be worth much either; it’s not much use. You can’t eat it or drink it. It doesn’t keep you warm in winter. You can’t use it as fertilizer, you can’t burn it.

Paper money is the way to go: burn it to keep warm, or make a nest to nestle into if cold. Can also be eaten. Rot it into the ground for fertilizer.

Paper money is the future I tell ye, you heard it here first

[Jog On]

If all the world’s currencies collapse then surely gold won’t be worth much either; it’s not much use. You can’t eat it or drink it. It doesn’t keep you warm in winter. You can’t use it as fertilizer, you can’t burn it.

Seems to have worked pretty well throughout history as a general form of currency

[doodab]

Who does the bailing out then? Or do countries just start defaulting all over the place?

I would expect we get a new world order. Probably a bit of war and famine and hardship as well.

Or everything stays about the same.

[Mich the Tester]

Seems to have worked pretty well throughout history as a general form of currency

Past performance and all that…

[hyperD]

Invest in an AK-47, 100 boxes of 7.62 x 39mm cartridges and fill your house full of tinned food.

[Mich the Tester]

Invest in an AK-47, 100 boxes of 7.62 x 39mm cartridges and fill your house full of tinned food.

You are AtW and I claim my free Soviet train door handle.

[Jog On]

I heard the other day that Jordan and her cage fighter boyfriend who won celebrity BB have both been offered £1M each to get married.

Surely there should be some extra tax due on that to go towards the less fortunate MPs of this world?

Whoops wrong thread