Here's a test to see who is really in control of our societies. The elected officials and their administrations or 'plutocracies' of the wealthy. The G20 nations have pleged to maintain stablity within a belt of currency levels, this is similar to what the European countries did before adopting the Euro:
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/10/2 ... y-g20.html
If they can pull it off, they still have some control, if they can't, which is more likely, then we're back to travelling 700 MPH off the economic and social cliff.