In Venezuela, people break off flakes of gold to pay for meals and haircuts… 1 oz of silver will feed a family for 5-38 days
A one-night stay at a hotel? That’ll be half a gram. Lunch for two at a Chinese restaurant? A quarter of a gram. A haircut? An eighth of a gram, please. Jorge Pena, 20, figured that eighth came to three small flakes — the equivalent of $5. After getting a trim one recent weekday in … Read more