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]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5mNzOtm24I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6q4n5TQnpA KLF burns a million quid [articles]: http://blog.fxcc.com/the-klf-were-lightweights-at-burning-money-the-swiss-know-how-when-and-why-to-do-it/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid money burning on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_burning burn money the Steve Spangler way: http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/burning-money Tyga eats money [video]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eaaTQnhF0M Dirty Money: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contaminated_currency http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=cocaine-contaminates-majority-of-american-currency court case about drugs on money: http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1441755.html termite eat money: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2165354/Termites-eat-32-000-womans-safe-Taiwan.html "money" on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money fiat money: http://www.forbes.com/sites/pascalemmanuelgobry/2013/01/08/all-money-is-fiat-money/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money "fiat" etymology: http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=fiat monopoly money color comparrison to US currency: http://25.media.tumblr.com/927603e8c482f52e9bf9ef4b135ae998/tumblr_mkecbeRSf41qch7b8o1_1280.jpg tinkerbell effect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkerbell_effect http://www.reddit.com/r/RedditDayOf/comments/17mx51/til_that_the_tinkerbell_effect_is_a_term/ http://www.robbieparks.com/2011/08/26/the-tinkerbell-effect/ RELATED "Thomas Theorem": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_theorem REVERSE tinkerbell effect: http://www.volokh.com/2003_01_26_volokh_archive.html http://www.volokh.com/2009/03/11/tinkerbell-returns/

Comments

1. "By merely believing in something, we can make it actually, truly real."
   DAS PROPPA ORKY.
2. I still get my small loan tho, right?
3. survival is still a challenge in our current world.
4. I am in the top12.12%richest people in the world by income.
5. and the person with it all is donald trump
6. my mind hurts
7. Joke of the century : Canada might invade US
8. I paused at 0:01 0_0
9. "Tinkerbell effect" oh shit we're getting deep. "Reverse tinkerbell effect" STRAP IN BOYS
10. I believe in myself so much that I don't exist
11. "The important distinction here is that invading Canadians could technically erase the value of fiat money" - Michael Stevens
12. Why this reminds me of Bill Gates?!?!
13. Gets loads of money and throws it on Micheal while he does his intro
14. THERE IS UNLIMITED MONEY. They are tod to keep only so much circulating.
15. Vsauce
    U.S. Currency is not made of paper, it is 75% cotton 25% linen. That's why it doesn't disintegrate when put through the washing machine.
16. GOOO CANADA!
17. I wish Michael was my teacher. :D Lol.
18. how are you so smart!!!
19. Cash is just paper
20. Could you class stupidity as curiosity?