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Currency
September 29, 2022
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Timothy Noah
The Dollar Is Strong. Sound Good? It Isn’t.
A strong dollar is bad for exports. But no one cares because these days our most favored export is … the dollar.
June 21, 2022
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Federico Perelmuter
Argentina Keeps Redesigning Its Currency, Solving Nothing
Three consecutive presidents have changed the look of the country’s bills—not to address economic issues like inflation but to project their political values.
July 22, 2019
Alexis Papazoglou
Facebook Is a New Form of Power
Yes, it's more powerful than most companies. But it's not quite like a government, either.
July 14, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Brexit has already made traveling to the EU more expensive for Brits.
April 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
Trump: Put Harriet Tubman on the $2 bill.
April 20, 2016
Alex Shephard
Harriet Tubman and Andrew Jackson are actually going to share the $20 bill, which is bad.
April 20, 2016
Maggie Foucault
Andrew Jackson is getting kicked off the $20 bill. And Harriet Tubman is on.
July 30, 2014
The New Republic Staff
Retire the Dead Presidents and Put These Women on Our Nation's Currency
April 29, 2013
Paul Lukas
The New $100 Bill is Less Dignified than Monopoly Money
The aesthetic cost of counterfeit-proofing
March 4, 2013
Paul Lukas
It's Time for a New President—on Our Coins
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