This week, I heard something on a podcast that I haven’t been able to get out of my head. The host said that the US Dollar is now the world’s longest lasting fiat currency in history. I had a hard time believing that and Google backed my suspicion. According to Google there is another that has lasted longer and is still going. Thing is, not many people actually use it, so in global context it probably doesn’t count.
According to Google, the Dollar has lasted much longer than the average duration of fiat currencies. Most of my adult life, I have been hearing the end of the…