Under Valued Over Priced : People vs Pop Art

Andy Warhol's 1962 painting '200 One Dollar Bills' was recently sold at auction for  $43.7 million. That's about $218,500 per Dollar bill. Now lets put that along side our current national debt of $11.9 trillion and counting, which is equal to a value of $110,500 per citizen. Our current GDP is approx $12.3 trillion, or $88,788 per citizen. In other words we’re all contributing about $89,000 each towards paying off that national debt. Consequently the actual value of the Dollar we have in our pocket is worth about 80 cents. Although I’m not a mathematician.

 

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U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

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Follow this link for the FULL financial picture - you'll be horrified. http://www.usdebtclock.org/

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Dissecting the Dollar ReDe$ign Project : MintLife Blog

New blog post by Joshua Ritchie on Mint.com slices and dices the Dollar ReDe$ign Project. "With faith in the US dollar hitting new lows, some believe the solution lies not in politics, but in design. Meet Richard Smith, architect of the ambitious and infectiously popular “dollar rede$ign project.” Smith is a creative strategy consultant who feels, “…our great rival, the Euro, looks so spanky in comparison,” to US currency that, “…it seems the only clear way to revive this global recession is to re-brand and re-design.” But rather than merely arguing for a new-look dollar, Smith drummed up an impressive wave of support for a redesign by allowing people to submit their own ideas to a web-based contest."

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A Brighter Future for US All : Chris Neuman : Dollar ReDe$ign

"These bills were designed as part of a science fiction story I've been writing and I decided to loose the 'frame' design of the Dollar and make the one Dollar bill match the rest. The Federal seal is stamped with the same color changing ink used on current bills, and a different type of color changing ink is used on the large number on the back of the larger bills."

Chris Neumann is an 'aspiring artist' living in Tennessee.

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Our Great Rivals : A Bunch of BRICs : Time to Rebrand the Buck!

When it comes to rebranding the US Dollar we feel we can easily beat the competition, especially when you consider the BRICs we’re up against: the Brazilian Real, the Russian Ruble, the Indian Rupee and the Chinese Yuan – it’s an easy win as far as we’re concerned. However, if we all just sit on our hands and do nothing, and keep coming up with lame excuses, eventually someone is going to beat US down.

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Make Money Not War : New $wag for Sale : Shop Now!

Just in Time for the Holidays!
On the back of the huge success of our recent venture into retail therapy, we are pleased to announce the addition of more financially inspired t-shirt designs as well as a range of everyday tote bags. Choose from the provocative - 'F**k the Fed, Let's ReDe$ign the Dollar' - and the sublime - 'I'm Having a Credit Crisis' - amongst other satirically fueled $wag. Follow this link to view the full collection ... $hop Now! ... http://www.dollarredesign.com/shop (Font designed by Richard Smith and Hubert Jocham www.hubertjocham.de)

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School of Hustle : Keeping the Landlord off Your Back

Freelancers of the World Unite ...

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