Given that there is a small but real chance of the USA defaulting on its sovereign debt, thus undoing in a weekend the tireless work of John Adams in the Neds, it may be time to re-evaluate your dong holdings, or lack thereof.

Vietnam's dong may be small compared to our dollar, but it is thursting tirelessly upwards, while our dollar will go limp without serious stimulation. So I ask the Orgahs: Is a small but rising dong better or worse than a large but flaccid dollar?