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Stuff You Should Know

SYSK Selects: How much money is there in the world?​

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.6 β€’ 79.3K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 9 December 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

There are few things more futile than trying to count all of the money in the world. Even many governments have no idea how much currency they have issued. But that won't stop Chuck and Josh from trying and explaining why we can't be sure how much money e

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.0

Hey everyone, it's me Josh and for this week's S.Y.S. case selects, I chose how much money is in the world.

0:36.8

First aired in September 2013.

0:40.2

And this is one of those topics that you kind of wonder about ever since you're a little kid.

0:45.4

I know I did.

0:46.4

And delightfully, I found that as an adult, the answer was even more interesting than I'd imagined as a youngster.

0:53.6

That's what adults call kids, right?

0:56.3

Well, anyway, this is one of my all-time favorite episodes.

0:59.2

I hope you enjoyed as well.

1:06.9

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from HouseofWorks.com.

1:16.8

Hey and welcome to The Podcast.

1:18.3

I'm Josh Clark and I'm with Charles W. Chuck Brown.

1:21.0

He's right here with me.

1:22.0

So, it's Stuff You Should Know.

1:25.9

It's also really Stuff You Should Know because Jerry's here too.

1:29.7

Oh, the chair's not here.

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