Currency War of 2009–11 US, and Financial Times journalists have suggested that if China returned to a fixed peg against the dollar this could re-ignite the Currency War, especially if the move coincided with the US presidential election campaign. Also in March 2012, Brazil's president Rousseff said her country was still experiencing undesirable upwards pressure on her currency, with her Finance Minister Guido Mantega saying Brazil will no longer "play the fool" and allow others to get away with competitive devaluation, announcing new measures aimed at limiting further appreciation for the Real. In June 2012, the "Financial Times" reported that while international trade remained
Basic income income to every member of its system. The idea of Nimses consists of time-based currency called Nim. 1 nim = 1 minute of life. Every person in Nimses receives nims that can be spent on different goods and services. This concept was initially adopted in Eastern Europe. Prominent contemporary advocates include Philippe Van Parijs, Yanis Varoufakis, former finance minister of Greece and Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook. Andrew Yang, a Democratic candidate for president of the United States in 2020, is using Universal Basic Income as his primary running platform Basic income A basic income, also called basic income guarantee,