EconomyStory.org » dollar http://economystory.org Stories and resources for understanding the economy from across public media. Mon, 03 May 2010 01:31:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The artful dollar http://economystory.org/marketplacemultimedia/the-artful-dollar/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-artful-dollar http://economystory.org/marketplacemultimedia/the-artful-dollar/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:29:48 +0000 robert http://www.economystory.org/?p=875 Dollar origami

Marketplace Scratch Pad has a post up on master of origami Won Park, who works in the medium of dollar bills. As Scott Jagow writes, if we reach the point where the dollar isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on, perhaps the traditional Japanese art of paper folding will be a good alternative use.

These days, this piece seems particularly apt:
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If the U.S. ever officially folds up, you’ll know where to turn…

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