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The only way to have several currencies from divergent nations lumped together is if they are culturally close, such as Germany, the Netherlands and Austria. If they aren't, it simply can't continue to work.

If you want an alternative currency, check out gold. It has stood the test of thousands of years as a store of value and medium of exchange.

The benefits from a world currency would be enormous.

There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation.

Britain is not in the single currency, and we're not going to be. But we all need the eurozone to have the right governance and structures to secure a successful currency for the long term.

There are so many problems in the E.U. that several countries are warming up to the idea that after the single currency, a deeper integration could also be created.

The single currency should allow the European Union, and therefore France, to balance its monetary strength with the United States. It should help us adjust to the development of China.

The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

I don't want Congress setting monetary policy.

There will be an electronic currency, and it will be universal, and we must accept that fact.