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On the case: Recession, formula, and greenbacks

Planet Money

CHAPTER

Dollars Aren't Just Green Anymore

The dollar really is a global currency, much more than any other money. We don't want o like, mess withlike, it's not broken. But wait, aha, sounds like the end but there's one really interesting thing we haven't talked about yet. I've been covering this for more than ten years, and until i was working on this, i assumed that dollars were green, like they h'd always been. They aren't just green any more. The us. Paper money outside the us Is greater than the value of paper money inside the us. And you know, that's good for the united states. It gives us a kind of power.

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