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A Dollar Bill Is Not What You Think It Is

Miles Kampf-Lassin October 27, 2014

“You think that a dollar bill is money and that banks are where your cash is stored and safeguarded. Well, you’re wrong. Like, really wrong.” In this informative episode of the We The Economy series, James Schamus explains the real value of a dollar.

Miles Kampf-Lassin, a graduate of New York University’s Gallatin School in Deliberative Democracy and Globalization, is a Web Editor at In These Times. Follow him on Twitter @MilesKLassin

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