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BRICS expands with 9 new partner countries. Now it's half of world population, 41% of global economy (tankie.tube)
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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Anyone think that there will really be a BRICS currency?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

Yes, but more like the bancor (a la Keynes) for central bank settlements rather than a currency you or I could use to buy lunch.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

I hope they develop some kind of way to avoid western currencies, so yeah, a BRICS currency would be neat