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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Economics 101

Recently, I was chatting with an economist and asked him what he thought about the U.S. dollar.

"I think it will be the world's reserve currency for a long, long time."

"Why are you so sure?"

"Because, we have the only thing that really counts."

"What's that?"

"The most nukes."
Posted by Charlie at 11:18 AM
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