Santa_Claus

There are a lot of benefits from a North American monitary union similar to the euro. Check out many listed in this link Critical Issues Bulletin - The Case for the Amero: The Economics and Politics of a North American Monetary Union

Tumbleweed

It seems our trading partners want the Amero a bit more than we do.

The sliding dollar has a lot of people talking.

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"To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead." Thomas Paine

Military might doesn't make up for political stupidity.

FRYandBENDER

Bye bye boarders.

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Neither am I the means to any end others may wish to accomplish. I am not a tool for their use. I am not a servant of their needs. I am not a bandage for their wounds. I am not a sacrifice on their altars. ... I owe nothing to my brothers, nor do I gather debts from them. I ask no one to live for me, nor do I live for others. I covet no mans soul, nor is my soul theirs to covet.

Ayn Rand, Anthem.

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Scribbler1

I always felt "New World Order" had a totalitarian, "1984"-ish sound to it ever since I first heard it.

New World=one world government. Of course it won't work. There are too many people on this planet to have a working one-world government, whether that government is a single "president" or a parliamentary body. Unless you intend to subjugate the entire population there are too many differences to allow for ALL of them to be voluntarily led by one entity.

But I don't think there's a problem, all things considered. Shortly after such a rule is imposed (the EU, the AU or whatever other "U" they come up with) there will probably be the beginning of a revolt which will cause the destruction of the entire human race, except for the small pockets who survive.

Square one, as far as humanity is concerned.

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Not a day goes by that I don't see something that reinforces my belief that people are idiots.

Slartibartfas

If you want a working monetary union, you also need a political union on the affected policy fields. And to put it into the right dimension. Even the EU is too less integrated to make an neatly working monetary policy. Its just enough to work somehow good enough. Further integration on monetary issues would be essential but difficult to manage in the near future.

But if the US is by far the greatest member of such an American monetary union it might be possible nonetheless, it could compensate the lack of an adequate common monetary policy alone through its size. I am not sure it would be much to the advantage of the US than though.

Slartibartfas

The principal problem of a possible NAU, is as easy to identify as it is difficult to undo.

The US outnumbers the other two members in most areas, like economical power, political power, population etc. Furthermore I hardly could imagine that the US would accept other countries to have a say in its own politics. A NAU would be considered on the other side in the other countries as imperialistic attempt of the US to take control over the whole continent.

The EU for example only works, because no single hegemon exists, otherwise the other members would have the feeling that its simply the vehicle of one hegemon to take controll above all the other member states. (like it was the case with the Soviets)

Slartibartfas

I see. You are talking about a NAFTA + as it seems. But is a real single market possible without at least a rudimentary framework of a political union? I doubt for example that in Europe it would be possible.

Santa_Claus

It might work if the US splits into a few different factions along state lines

Slartibartfas

Indeed that might be a possibility. Why can't I really believe in it though ?

Santa_Claus

The US is so unlikely to split since when we're so dominant, but things may change someday