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Why not spoil the speculators' game by giving them nothing to speculate about--by replacing pesos and reis with portraits of George Washington (or, if you happen to be European, with generic pictures of bridges and gates--for more on European currency design, see 1997 Slate piece)?
(Indeed, even the occasional market manipulation by big speculators wouldn't be possible if it weren't for the possibility of generating a panic among other investors; it is a familiar point in the academic literature that Hong Kong-type speculative plays can work only if the economy is vulnerable to self-fulfilling crisis in the first place.)
That's an unfortunate emphasis: While there are big speculators, and they do sometimes make plays against vulnerable economies, they are not the main reason that controls sometimes make sense.
A piece marvels at the Beanie Babies bubble, in which kids and speculators pay hundreds of dollars for nearly worthless stuffed animals.
Healthy corporate earnings reports and near-zero inflation in the consumer sector turned stock speculators exuberant.