April 23, 2013 in Science & Technology

How Much Money is There on Earth?

Thanks to Grey for his help on this video: http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey Thanks to Jack for helping with the intro: http://www.youtube.com/user/jackvslife LINKS AND SOURCES TO LEARN MORE BELOW. music by http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow GlobalRichList.com: http://www.globalrichlist.com/ Type currency symbols: http://currencies.typeit.org/ money changing hands [PDF]: http://www.swiftinstitute.org/sites/default/files/upload/The%20Statistics%20of%20Payments_v15%20-%20Chapter%204%20How%20fast%20is%20that%20buck.pdf murder states in the US: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/persons-arrested Bank robbery average [PDF]: http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/publications/e03071267.pdf currency left laying around: http://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-economic-trends/how-much-cash-do-you-have-lying-around http://highstreetmoney.co.uk/2012/11/lloyds-tsb-campaign-targets-320-million-of-household-change/ http://www.nhscleveland.org/blog/post/2012/11/20/Roll-Your-Change-Week-Returns-to-Cleveland!.aspx cost of Arrested Development on Netflix (one season): http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/netflix/ Money supply articles: http://dollardaze.org/blog/ http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/719/how-much-money-is-there Money Supply on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_reserve_banking amazing fake US money (SUPER DOLLARS): https://blog.hypovereinsbank.de/schoener-schein-banknoten-und-blueten-im-museum-fuer-druckkunst-leipzig/ is burning money illegal? http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7148966/ns/business-answer_desk/t/it-crime-burn-money/#.UW1MlSsa_50 KLF burns a million quid [videos]: KLF burns a million