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Comment by pjmorris

4 months ago

> They won't run out of currency, but the people that use it will run out of faith.

Which is what happens when bond yields go so high that governments default. To my limited understanding, US Treasury bonds are used to determine the 'risk-free rate' of return because the US government reliably pays its bills.

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