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I will never claim I am an economics wiz because I am not. Though should we really be making a triliion dollar coin? http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/01/trillion-dollar-coins-the-ultimate-debt-ceiling-end-around/

A lawyer filed a lawsuit worth 100 million dollars for a family of a 6 year old survivor. He filed it based on it could have been prevented and was a foreseeable event. The prevented part I can get behind a little. Had they had a school police officer it may have been preventable. The...

This idea has been making the rounds on monetary theory blogs recently. Basically, the Treasury has the power to create money in only one form- platinum coins (those collectable things that you sometimes see advertisments for). There seems to be a loophole however in that Congress never actually...

Hi there! Was the dollar created by the US government? If so, why does the US have to borrow it at interest? Does it apply for the Crown in Norway, the pound in the UK or the Yen in Japan?

Interesting use of the worthless currency by a newspaper in Zimbabwe. The link says it better than I ever could, so I won't explain much more: http://tbwa.com/#lsi121ci5b0q

Gold, platinum, copper, and commodities in general have seen a surge recently as the dollar continues to weaken and investors start to look towards commodities (commonly gold) as a hedge. Secretary Treasury Geithner has said that he believes we need to strengthen the dollar and of course the...