[Mad Dawgg]

"You can't eat gold, you can't sleep on it, or with it. Therefore, gold is as much a fiat currency as paper money in the event of a total economic collapse."

I had a teacher years ago who taught me about the real value of items.

He had a simple test: Imagine yourself on a deserted island with the item in question with no possible way to ever get off the island. If that item can reduce your workload to survive or give you sustenance or shelter then it has REAL value.

All else has fiat value.

[Tijeras_Slim]

He had a simple test: Imagine yourself on a deserted island with the item in question with no possible way to ever get off the island. If that item can reduce your workload to survive or give you sustenance or shelter then it has REAL value.