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This artist cuts up cash and uses it for collage
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Apr 7, 2017
Artist Mark Wagner uses U.S. currency to make his intricate collages.
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The power of the central bank to create money out of thin air wasn't always so easy
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Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 5, 2013
The Federal Reserve has been creating money to the tune of about $85 billion dollars a month. But the first time a central bank tried to do that...it didn't go over so well.
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