Greek while you’re finding out how Panama fared without a central bank, no FDIC, and no currency of their own, check out the Swiss franc which was backed by gold until very recently.

The free market gave us Americans the high standard of living which some Chinese citizens are just now starting to enjoy, something that eluded the planners for decades.
Those genius Chinese government planners have just discovered
how to create wealth and raise the standard of living:
Just get out of the way.