How Much Money is There on Earth?

Thanks to Grey for his help on this video: / cgpgrey
Thanks to Jack for helping with the intro: / jackvslife
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money changing hands [PDF]: www.swiftinstit...
murder states in the US: www.fbi.gov/abo...
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currency left laying around:
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amazing fake US money (SUPER DOLLARS): blog.hypoverei...
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burn money the Steve Spangler way: www.stevespangl...
Tyga eats money [video]: • Tyga Responds To The F...
Dirty Money:
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court case about drugs on money: caselaw.findlaw...
termite eat money: www.dailymail.c...
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fiat money:
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"fiat" etymology: www.etymonline....
monopoly money color comparrison to US currency: 25.media.tumblr...
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[@user-rd7jv4du1w]

I love how he answers the question in the first six minutes, and the rest of the video is just him going on different topics

[@gabriela.8141]

picake you just summed up all his videos

[@N0URii]

lol ikr

[@cairora6169]

The other part(s) are more important for those who have ears to hear & eyes to see vs being a society slave....!

[@vilmarodriguez2980]

@@gabriela.8141 i8ii8ii88

[@vilmarodriguez2980]

Ii

[@shaneclark7383]

Vsauce is a prime example of how quality content on KZbin will never become irrelevant or unwatchable.

[@elliottthurlow954]

Nuclear warfare could make it irrelevant

[@shaneclark7383]

@@elliottthurlow954 I like to picture the country who is bombing us making their terrorizing announcement on live TV ready to turn the keys and Michael just walks in... "But what really IS war?" And his lecture distracts them long enough for someone to hide the keys.

[@RafaelMunizYT]

@@elliottthurlow954 or could it?

[@Gaiaphage]

for real ive watched this video like 5 times over the years

[@johnmeehan2694]

Well we have like 10x the money he claims now.

[@logged-out]

"If you burn all of your money, you become poorer." - VSauce Michael, 2013

[@michaelshelby4181]

Or will you

[@spheredude6003]

@@michaelshelby4181 i like how your name is micheal

[@mrpeluchito]

@@spheredude6003 you mean Michael

[@sy-2]

@@mrpeluchito you mean MICHAEL

[@zvonimirvidovic1714]

@@michaelshelby4181 hahahahaha

[@tahabashir3779]

"Hey Vsauce, Michael here. How much money is there on earth? Well, money doesn't have any nutritious value. Oh and money is full of cocaine. And as always, thanks for watching."

[@randombean8157]

@aidanmania *Vsauce music plays*

[@ModdedMoon]

Yyjjyjjyjyjyjyyjjjhjjhyyyyjjy j juk was j h jj mn ccccj

[@TheUnderscore_]

You forgot all about the philosophical talk!

[@motazfawzi2504]

Write TLDW At the beginning

[@TheUnderscore_]

@@motazfawzi2504 Why...?

[@Christopher80611]

"What would you do if thieves entered your home searching for money? I would have searched with them"

[@ayatsheikh3558]

hahaha

[@davidjaimez3102]

Lol

[@echoskelet]

Id laugh so hard that the neihbours would call local law enforcement.Because they know i dont usualy laugh unless something is ...off.

[@armaanp1605]

33 /Al'Zuhr\ wtf

[@echoskelet]

The power of the joke is weak in you .

[@theletterwynn]

I like how randomly vsauce videos flit from topic to topic, even though they are related to one another.

[@yhetti64]

Renji Mao I like that too, but sometimes we never answer the original question.

[@theletterwynn]

Yeah, so that gets a bit irksome.

[@yhetti64]

***** Might I just say I love your username.

[@JackLe1127]

Renji Mao That's how people with ADD feel like all the time

[@theletterwynn]

Loool Maybe I have a mild case of ADD then.

[@ryandupuis5860]

"Those germs might be high..." -Michael Stevens, 2013

[@jehoiakimpillay342]

Because of the drugs on the money

[@snay6869]

r/woosh

[@新月龍]

The rich might be high too

[@titantheeliteboi9508]

Can I be a germ?

[@laceyrobbins2162]

Did the germs smoke too much pot?

[@LoganFunnyguy]

In five thousand bank notes, there’s enough for an entire line.... Ferb, I know what we’re gonna do today

[@deepanshdeepsingh8830]

😅🤣🤣

[@SHWAWSH]

This comment is god tier.

[@rajkanishu]

@police @fbi

[@auroraofclanborealis]

MOM! Phineas and Ferb are refining coacaine!

[@nuridenizdurucu1249]

Jesse we need to find banknotes jesse

[@finlaysandham6935]

skip to literally any part in the video with Michael's face in it and he will have a slightly different surprised expression

[@hotcheerios6973]

Thank you for noticing this

[@Jacob-hj6uo]

Finlay Sandham not at 6:57

[@ascentfevers]

6:49

[@jeNNy-lh6zz]

LFMAOOO

[@matthewstone2545]

Lol, That's funny!!

[@thomasthewest03]

Zimbabwe homies be like "yeah I listen to 50 cent, or as we call him, five trillion dollars

[@santi8034]

Thomas The West I don’t know why I laughed at this

[@IsabellaGentile]

🤣🤣

[@idiamin5771]

Hilarious

[@yunhyy]

Barack Obama Give some money to Africa!

[@shine8683]

It's funny coz it's true

[@Muudge]

VSauce: alright guys today we're going to talk about how sweet something can possibly taste *ten minutes later* VSauce: So, therefore, anger is only paralleled as to what you interpreted as "kind". And as always thanks for watching

[@laela6289]

Mudge I like how he shows how things are all related to each other

[@tylerwilliamson2908]

Its like when teachers at school do it but here its more interesting

[@cursoreu2605]

Invading Canadians make US dollars worthless

[@kokigami5492]

This is possibly one of the funniest comments I've read

[@kidtoyreviewer1667]

Mudge I

[@nope8083]

me: zones out michael: *technically, Canada could invade-*

[@spheredude6003]

Canada after invading: *sorry*

[@susiepilled]

@@spheredude6003 snjdfn

[@Test-qq2fg]

Canada invaded. Or is it?

[@jf6408]

As a Canadian, I laughed so hard

[@RECTRONSTREAMS]

@@jf6408 same

[@bob-px8eg]

So there's not even enough cash in the entire world to get America out of debt, that's... depressing

[@wisteriaviolet5697]

Country debts aren't supposed to be payed back in full, America can have 9999 trillion debt but if everyone still trusts that America can pay, they are fine

[@Sealimperialpictures]

God bless America

[@oumardiop1]

plus america will just force othwr countries to pay them after wars

[@clroh7]

That’s the thing. We are only okay because the dollar is used for petrol. Once electric cars are the norm and gas is no longer traded in dollars America is fucked. Like bad.

[@kennyvx5914]

Carrie Ray America deserves it

[@furqanbooley9476]

"For reasons no one's still quite sure of, burned 1 million pounds worth of cash." It's not about money, it's about sending a message... Everything burns.

[@mactavishmods]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar recycle after shredding

[@luisp.3788]

@EmperorJuliusCaesar what

[@hamzerpanzer]

Luis P. Chemicals used to make the money can’t be retrieved

[@luisp.3788]

@@hamzerpanzer And?

[@hamzerpanzer]

Luis P. It’s a waste of material even if you “recycle” it

[@g.chaniotakis9656]

I am an economist. Watched quite a good amount of your videos. What you say in all of your videos independent of content is amazing. You convey knowledge of physics, psychology and many other scientific fields in such a matter where I, a typical person, understand. I can’t tell what your field of expertise is but damn, you were born to convey knowledge! You are amazing! Keep it up 😅

[@Neo_v23]

Και σκέψου, είναι 36 ετών σήμερα (2022). Το βίντεο το ανέβασε πριν 9 χρόνια που ήταν 27. Και πολλά άλλα αρκετά παλιότερα. Δηλαδή από πολύ μικρή ηλικία ήταν γεμάτος γνώσεις, σε τεράστιο βαθμό. Συν, ότι από μικρή ηλικία είχε εξαιρετικές ικανότητες μεταδοτικότητας και να κερδίζει την προσοχή του κοινού.

[@larsus1436]

I will satisfy your curiosity =) Michael Stevens actually studied psychology, which can be noted in some of his videos when he speaks about psychology-related topics. But he is, in fact, so smart an curious that he can seem to be versed in just about anything he talks about on video^^

[@calamorta]

​@@larsus1436 Psychology and English literature. Dude likes reading.

[@peytonwm]

God, the whole “money lying around the house” bit in the first couple minutes reminded me of my great great grandma Emma Muilenburg (née Collison) who had a couple thousand (I think) stashed away in various places about her house. It wasn’t uncommon for people to distrust banks with their money back then (she lived from 1903 to 1988). After she passed away and her kids went through her belongings in her house, they found enough money to pay for a her funeral, and even then, there was enough money to split between all three of her kids. It’s just crazy lol

[@defaultuserxd9848]

Put the cash next to the shotguns

[@calamorta]

Now imagine if she had invested that money in something indexed to inflation...

[@Puppyloverlife]

​@@calamortakinda irrelevant but is that a German last name? Cause it's similar to my grandpa's who had meulenberg

[@giuseppeagresta1425]

​@@calamorta yep As much money she may have stashed away, it's probably 1/2 - 1/3 of what could've been otherwise

[@zinxslayerz7917]

Video title:how much money is on earth Micheal from vsauce:there is cocaine in money

[@dcarbs2979]

The irony the cocaine is probably more valuable than the note it is embedded in!

[@ShadNex]

It like that app/game where you start at a random page in wikipedia and all you can do is press links to end up in a different page (exp:start in Rome and your goal is to get to minecraft just by pressing links in wikipedia) lol I bet if Michael played that game he can just press one link and go from bunk beds to space squids lol

[@ShadNex]

@@dcarbs2979 those should have used smooths card or something lol They probably lost 100 of dollar worth of drugs

[@rohanjansen4536]

Drug money

[@Jake1702]

@SYED &uss!in What game is that?

[@siddheshbagade2506]

I searched my house. I found nothing.

[@Kurachi84]

burglar last night in my house me asking: what are you doing here?? burglar: looking for money!! so i helped him

[@legosinthecantina5032]

İ tried the site and it said top 0.19% wtf ? İt is not legit.

[@matthewbreitling8530]

@@legosinthecantina5032 it's the whole world, and taking into account the poor nations around the globe all of America is in the top 1% even if you are realatively poor for an American

[@chocoflavoredcookies5649]

its taped on your back ;)

[@nighlex]

*AVERAGE*

[@trevormulf153]

V sauce just taught me inflation without trying

[@KSR3]

shit

[@DerVolman]

@phillip perkins dont swear kid

[@keahibailey2646]

@@DerVolman make me, you poo poo but. I'm a rebel haha

[@employedhawk885]

Acurate

[@philv2529]

another example of the reverse Tinkerbell effect is how the very first stall in a public restroom is the cleanest because everyone thinks that that's the one everyone uses and so therefore must be the dirtiest so then they use the middle one and as a result no one ever uses the first stall

[@alonewanderer4697]

but what if there’s gonna be a lot of people that follow this logic and the first stall is going to be used the most?

[@philv2529]

@@alonewanderer4697 if enough people hear what I'm saying then it will reverse I don't think that's going to happen though

[@marshed0mallow]

at this point just check all the stalls first

[@mothsoulsboi9128]

Just like how 7 is the most common number by being the least common

[@xXJ4FARGAMERXx]

@@mothsoulsboi9128 when everybody's a hero, nobody is.

[@Broekje]

An average bank robbery is 10k? That's.......disappointing haha.

[@dylanb2990]

Broekje most bank robberies are done on tiny banks with little security, and they often get away with it

[@aresartemis783]

Broekje i thought is be like 250k -10million

[@3216ben1]

Central bank maybe

[@georgianultraimperialistor2934]

it is not GTA 5 you are not robbeyng depot

[@remixtheidiot5771]

Broekje cartoons made it look like they stole more.

[@Orgaya]

So by refusing to vote I make everyone else's vote more powerful.

[@megavevo1000]

Yes

[@SharukhSaifi]

I always make everyone's vote powerful by not voting. Cheers

[@innsj6369]

If everyone in America doesn't vote except for 6 people, (voting 2 for Trump and 4 for Hilary) then Hilary would have 2/3 of the votes, just like if 2,000,000 people voted trump and 4,000,000 voted Hilary.

[@transgwender]

2 people is still too much votes for trump. No hate plz

[@Orgaya]

Kulkinz His parents don't count. Orangutans aren't eligible to vote.

[@rickyzain5897]

Wow i'm 3,046,409,678th richest person on the world . That's not good

[@Jiyanico2]

Compare that to the 7.5 billion people on earth and youre doing quite well

[@joydizon9459]

Well there are nearly 8 billion people in the world so your doing better than almost half of the population

[@dcarbs2979]

You're in the richest half. More people are poorer than you than richer!

[@stefthorman8548]

@@joydizon9459 did you account for children?

[@lokokrokoo2303]

Hamed Zain im somewhere in the tens of millions ore something(i forgot what it was😂) and im 13 so i dont know what youre doing wrong

[@Danymok]

*That moment when your country has more debt than there is money in the world*

[@gurubhaktmohit]

Which country has a debt higher than $75 trillion?

[@Yolwoocle]

At the time of this comment, the USA has a 30 trillion debt

[@justadrawing]

@@Yolwoocle oh jeez

[@visassess8607]

@@justadrawing I'd like to see someone try to collect on that debt

[@justadrawing]

@@visassess8607 ikr

[@WoodChoppa911]

We'll replace them with bottle caps

[@Kurachi84]

lets hope we dont get the same situation, though... i wanna live

[@Hamsterdami]

*NCR entered the server*

[@vinnyviszmeg2225]

Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter...

[@uglesovs483]

Fallout 4 ?????

[@Spectaxe]

Fallout reference

[@llamawarllord]

the more people believe drive thru is faster, the slower it gets.

[@ducktales1113]

well said

[@arjaylegaspi2273]

and after they know that drive thru is slower, less people will go on drive thru and later it will become faster

[@ducktales1113]

and when the drive through gets faster more people come and the cycle starts again

[@Adnansmg]

tsugio idk hhhhhhhhhh

[@ducktales1113]

iiiiiiiiiiii LUMINATI

[@pogonoah99]

So the U.S. national debt is nearly 4 times the amount of physical currency in the world? Jesus...

[@DarkAngelEU]

Was thinking the same thing, how do you actually do that?

[@Ruisu101]

@Google made me do it That 'fractional reserve banking' can't help the situation. It's meant to help but as I see it, is doing more to destroy the economy than to help it. Not sure who imagined it would be a great idea.

[@MegaGullas]

Well, they give themselves a yearly budget for what the government is gonna fund, and for decades now they have always exceeded that budget by millions or even billions every year and borrowed that amount from.... somewhere. And so, over time, all that cash has gotten bigger than they'll ever be able to pay off, due to interest, unless they do something drastic like spending their annual GDP on nothing but paying it off for decades, which is never gonna happen.

[@markwalshopoulos]

Castor fractional reserve banking has nothing to do with debt

[@ghostlyandghoulish1705]

Noah Fence 😱

[@Iplayquad]

I still cant believe this shit is 8 years old. Vsauce my man you were ahead of your time and your content is timeless. We love you

[@matiasgarciacasas558]

Video title: how much money is on earth? Michael: you can destroy things by believing in them

[@anandsuralkar2947]

I belive in allah

[@r.r10101]

That's why we love vsauce

[@Daniel-yz5qj]

glitch gamer I believe in war

[@Daniel-yz5qj]

I believe in E.A servers

[@xletz233]

@@Daniel-yz5qj I believe in you

[@Maxywoo]

‘If we merely believe in something it will become real’ Yeah thanks, I adopted that philosophy in writing my essay and I failed

[@thisgame2]

@Professor Weaboo you are projecting

[@marshed0mallow]

the problem was your teacher/professor may not have shared the sentiment and believed too

[@bytekast]

You believed in it so much that it became false and you failed. It's the Reverse Tinkerbell Effect.

[@sandeepnair7259]

this is actually what I learned in my college. this guy made it look so easy.

[@davisx2002]

it is easy

[@sandeepnair7259]

nope it wasn't. We had all sorts of things to calculate to get how much money is created. This is a basic explanation of how money is created which applies to all country. But each country have its own methods.

[@dantereimann8440]

OMG IM DYING

[@dantereimann8440]

LOL

[@KasanovOFFICIAL]

Anthony Fradley ...

[@koraptd6085]

My mother always tend to bring up stories how my grand grandfather once have found a bucket of golden coins buried under tree near his fields. Although he had some gold he couldn't swap it for any goods because of war that plagued country so even though he technically was pretty rich he couldn't do a thing with the money and after all he buried it himself under the stove threshold in local bakery which he hadn't told anyone including his own wife or daughter. Finally my grand grandma allowed some fortune seekers to search for it for some money. That's a tale about how money even in the most stable currency sometimes can be worthless.

[@N3KLAZ]

"These germs might be high" ~ Vsauce, 2013

[@OliverOcelot29]

Hello friend, im sorry your father passed away, your mother said shell be calling your grandparents to take care of you for a while That is all thanks

[@N3KLAZ]

thanks bro

[@Robin-jk6wz]

Wtf?

[@Т1000-м1и]

204

[@thememeguy2135]

@@OliverOcelot29 that escalated quickly.

[@michaeljonglee]

Yet one gram of antimatter is 62.5 trillion dollars...

[@rodimusmaximus3912]

Michael Lee Better be some good shit, I get a g for $15.

[@dragostego]

Yes but weve never had a gram ever its measured in way smaller units that value was gotten by multiplying up the going rate

[@Unknown50677]

1.25 grams :D M2!!!

[@truedarklander]

@@dragostego woooosh

[@xMurdererr]

Nope, it's 25 billion dollars.

[@hanstonra]

If I had 90$ just laying around, I would know, trust me haha

[@jerolevert]

What about ¥100.

[@ethanwheathin4457]

@@standupyak who?

[@ethanwheathin4457]

@@standupyak asked.

[@standupyak]

@@ethanwheathin4457 why are ur comments separated

[@standupyak]

@@ethanwheathin4457 who likes their own comments anyway

[@genjitsu7448]

Hi Michael, I am going back through a bunch of your videos and I have to tell you your collection of videos is simply awesome! Some of the best content available here on YT. Your presentation style, topics, flow of dialogue, etc... are all great. However the one thing that I am getting is a strong sense of nostalgia, I mean a really big wave of it! The music in the background is so important and it sets the fingerprint and the tone/mood of the videos with such a strong impact that when certain songs are played it is like the nostalgia volume knob gets cranked to 11! And if that is not fun enough my son saw me here and commented on how he remembers watching these videos together - one could not ask for more that this. your content has been part of the fabric of the past decade for me and my sons! A part that makes all of us smile! Thanks for making such entertaining, high quality content! (I think I may have used a few too many exclamation points throughout this comment but that was how it felt so I guess I will leave them be!!!

[@SpeedChamp467]

I don't think I can stop until I've seen every one of his videos.

[@JokerEvloved]

Lucas Meyer ikr, is text language for "i know right"

[@T3hDaniel]

Lucas Meyer ikr, ppl should type out words completely.

[@JokerEvloved]

Lucas Meyer people don't use text language because they don't "Pay attention in school" they use it because it saves time. but i see where you are coming from, the English language may become a twisted mess of acronym's if people get used to using all the time. (as long as people don't use acronym's in a face to face conversation i'm happy)

[@MitoseNorikoFan]

Truvrin oops, you should be quite sad right about now if that's the case.

[@diogoferreira6684]

Wikkitt Klown 5 years late but have you even read what he said? He was just trying to help by explaining what the other person meant by “ikr” and he was respectful. You are the one calling him a kid and being really disrespectful for no reason whatsoever and you talk about “making the world a better place”. Smh pathetic

[@HowMuchBitcoin]

Bitcoin.

[@yougo2254]

Jono Games it's more than 3 weeks ago now, bitcoin crashed lol

[@faris2448]

Yougo its coming back

[@Khonic23]

Lol I’m sure all of you are seasoned investors with diverse portfolios

[@TheMusterionOfRock]

You don't lose anything if you keep the investment in bitcoins and wait for the price to raise again lol, and it will. It is a very fluctuating currency, this is no surprise to anyone.

[@TheMusterionOfRock]

It's only about understanding the market and that the demand for bitcoin will rise. Of course gold is less risky, but bitcoin can potentially earn much more on investment but yes it has more risk. It is however very unlikely that bitcoin will crash and die all of a suddenly, it's only just started growing.

[@Lucy-ng7cw]

So the U.S. has more debt then money in the world?

[@joshlaurence5302]

Yeah.....

[@Lucy-ng7cw]

josh laurence whoops

[@digitalmonster6049]

Omg

[@Lucy-ng7cw]

***** HAHAHAHAH

[@gamertimeheehoo]

+Marky c Only many times over if the US was gonna pay debt off with cold hard cash.

[@gabrielsimon7944]

The greatest charity: burning your own money It makes the whole world richer

[@galffygergojozsef7816]

6:47 STOP! YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE LAW. PAY THE FINE OR SERVE YOUR TIME. THEN PAY WITH YOUR BLOOD

[@jelleposthuma8786]

PAY THE COURT A FINE*

[@michealpants]

stop! you have violated the law! pay the court a fine or serve your sentence. your stolen goods are now forfeit.*

[@infinitevirus4826]

By the order of the jarl, stop right there. You have committed crimed against skyrim and her people. What say you in your defence?

[@julianpopov9262]

7:46 “Money is dirty.” *_Vsauce music starts playing_*

[@epsilonupsilon9775]

@GrzAlfin ?

[@bombud1]

theres no way in hell i have $100 just laying around

[@KeV42023]

Shit i spent my change with the weed man!!

[@EpicFuckingCoolGuy69420]

I just lost 100$ in my house... Or someone stole it

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

How Much Money is There on Earth? MrBeast: Yes

[@GanzyChannel]

No

[@vergeofpeashooters]

Wow I finally talk to JSGWAM

[@trixo4352]

Oh, I actually found you here too

[@johnsmith-cr4vq]

who else is up too late watching this shit

[@FalseShep]

john smith ha me

[@Epicpig-zf9nl]

john smith I am wachting it at 5:48 am

[@dalenanguyen9655]

john smith me

[@switchspage4016]

john smith 3443544434444344353444544 o clock

[@scottmoore765]

john smith ehhh... me too. What am I doing.

[@im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username]

Start of video: How much money is there in the world? End of video: Believing in something can make it not real. Thanks for the existential crisis as always Michael

[@alexanderveritas]

*By merely believing in something, we can make it actually truly real* That’s a really strong quote Michael, you changed the way I perceive life.

[@anandsuralkar2947]

Yes thats literally true its so fantastically true and works.only problem is do we truely believe

[@IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou]

Q: How Much Money is There on Earth? A: Canada invaded the United States of America.

[@crispybacon4320]

A small loan of a million dollars

[@petarmitkov1056]

@@danielgleb no u

[@bradsuarez2683]

If we all banned together and give Trump the money we have lying around our homes we would have enough cash for the wall.

[@beepthemeep12]

@@bradsuarez2683 I'm good ty

[@danem2215]

@@bradsuarez2683 His supporters have already done so. So far, they've come up with an astonishing $12.73 and some stale french fries from between the couch cushions.

[@bitpumpkinn2923]

@@danem2215 actually he raised like $10 mil for the wall

[@millie2544]

This is one of the few videos in which the introduction actually relates to the question.

[@serpathius]

*withdraws 5000 $1 bills and sniffs them all*

[@Goatix1954]

Serpathy how long did it take you to sniff them all?

[@haha-lj5sq]

Goatix *spooky music as Michael raises his eyebrow*

[@Scholarly]

Then buys like a pound of cocaine with 5000$

[@tobythedog7478]

Back in the 60s the local pervert a Syrian guy who people called Jo Blo carried 100 $1 bills would hit on people and girls would say, "look how rich he is"

[@Kodiak-on-a-Kayak]

Youd more likely sniff up more *BUTT DUST* than cocain.

[@tebohocah2548]

14:45 "by merely believing in something we can make it actually truly real" and Saturn V count down is chosen to be the background music there.

[@ayotothegayo_8652]

so every single person is trading paper for objects,food and drink but at a click of a button thousands of dollars can become worthless

[@The_WhitePencil]

um... yeah. Thats how the world works. -\_ :/ _/-

[@azzy4625]

Ayo

[@karimmohamed8001]

Man, i want Michael to be my teacher :D lol

[@BennyPotatoe]

Who wouldn't?

[@ralakus8784]

I learn more in his videos than I do in school.

[@paistinlasta1805]

You learn fact's from his videos.

[@sexyguy8479]

+Benny Potatoe me

[@Bigdropstar5]

I like him, but never want him to be my teacher. This guy talks way to much. One of his lesson would be 100 pages of notes.

[@xyon9090]

*So in the lottery* You have a chance to win, but the more people tune in, the probability for you to win is getting lesser.

[@ions2]

Xyon The odds aren’t based on how many people enter. It doesn’t matter if 1 person enters or 1000000 people enter. The odds are the same.

[@PrimeDiam]

@@ions2 the odds are the same per number but the less people that enter the more rerolls they'll do. He's right.

[@dcarbs2979]

The probability of you winning is the same. The more people play, despite the greater income from ticket sales, the win is likely to be worth less because it is divided by more winning tickets.

[@anandsuralkar2947]

True

[@jeffborders5526]

Might be a good time to do a reboot of this with updated info. The money supply is spiralling exponentially out of control here seven years later.

[@Vicioussnakeboy]

Living in the UK now is an economic disaster

[@cobalius]

So you're saying.. if i burn others money, i'll become richer? - where are my match sticks?!

[@rijden-nu]

@@karwat2577 Well no, a non-zero amount of money is not infinitely bigger than 0 unless the amount is infinite. $5 is exactly 5 dollars bigger than $0.

[@Koldyuki]

I can see the effect of you all watching vsause in this reply section No one is on point , I mean he just meant to brun a amount of money of someone else so his money will value more For example : a person has 1000$ burned, it means that the value of $ will rise as it is now is lesser than it was before. The effect is like 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000089765467% of the M3.

[@scottrainey2375]

you'd get way richer by just stealing their money

[@Т1000-м1и]

Disclaimer: you must have Elon Musk worth of money

[@Т1000-м1и]

220

[@Zany_Zim]

Does that include Mr burns trillion dollar bill?

[@zaydensosa548]

Micheal could simply say the answer but NO he makes have an existential crisis

[@HelderGriff]

As an economics student I went back to this video to refresh how the monetary supply is classified, this is in no way erratic or confusing

[@okami8555]

@Helder Yysus dude, we are regular people. You saying you’re an economics student, no one asked and you have a higher education about money and well obviously economics than we do. I’m just saying, no offense, and good luck on your economics lessons/major.

[@beyondbackwater4933]

@@HelderGriff I'm sure you came back to this video to tell us you're an economics student.

[@HelderGriff]

@@beyondbackwater4933 saying that this video is useful for a career that studies those kinds of things is showing off for you? Also i somewhat hate this bourgeois propaganda

[@employedhawk885]

Tru dat

[@JuanG2020]

Wait, there's cocaine embedded in money? So that's why people smell money in movies, to improve their acting.

[@lyndonluquin4091]

Lol, might be the case. X3

[@julianasimmonds9193]

Arctic Fox XD

[@takeoutbox2921]

Kudos to you bro

[@MrErickloli]

Moral of the story... money is worth nothing, it's just paper and "we all" agreed it has value. So we work for some paper to have actual food and else and maybe do some war for the sake of it. Money is a game. Should we still play or should we quit it?

[@zachelkins1568]

Moral of the story... 5000 $1 bills could mean you have a nice line of cocaine. A very, very expensive line of cocaine. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

[@trololololololol7785]

well yeah FIAT money is an illusion. But I would rather work as a nurse in my hospital for the fiat money than go spear chucking for my dinner. Or go and find the plants to cure my nasal congestion than use the money to get it already made

[@markskalvans237]

Alright.And when we quit,what then? Then we would live just like in medieval ages ( trading two sheeps for 5 chickens) If not so,then it will lead to chaos,becouse in the store you just come in and take everything.Which results in an empty stores.If not so,then how so?

[@markskalvans237]

***** Fine.In medieval one i failed (there was money at that time). And what are you going to say know eh? Still oyu are using offtopics as an excuse.Well,you will never run off.

[@ramonmserrano]

jones marks you are using the sheep as a form of currency.

[@Y0ug0glenc0co]

M0 money M0 problems

[@ben9820]

money money money problems Yep, that about sums it up

[@spooked8007]

Melissa shookith

[@GardenChess]

"Another idea is that in an election, your vote matters." Making it not matter, but um 2020: Imma pretend I didn't see that

[@andyjiang8568]

I like turtless

[@GardenChess]

@@andyjiang8568 Yes.

[@andyjiang8568]

@@GardenChess yes

[@natem1579]

No wonder cash smells so good...

[@jhinabloomingflower807]

Nathan McNelis you should also lick money they are healthy

[@McCaroni_Sup]

U getting high on your own supply?

[@SyndromeM]

Because of the feces?

[@-AAA-147]

nah man, caus of the cocan *sniffs*

[@ermi9236]

3/4 of that is in mr.beasts account

[@OliverOcelot29]

@@yoshiyolo *_yt yoshi yolo_* My username

[@gala8903]

Talent!

[@zzzz2596]

Eat ur cereal

[@AshPikachu9]

M42069

[@bitterlemonboy]

The money printer: Hippity hoppity your money is now worthless

[@ericvulgate]

wow the canadian wall is now more important than ever.

[@randomwindowsstuffz]

+eric vulgate there's no wall between usa and canada :P

[@Dude31463]

+randomwindowsstuffz Really...? No wall...? Lets all go take a dump on their lawn!!

[@sawyerdingman9177]

+Dude31463 go ahead. all you will find is forest. we have ALOT of it

[@Dude31463]

+Sawyer “Dinger111” Dingman Sorry... Not very Neighborly. I was kidding in a goofy mood that day. :-/ Cheers. :)

[@sawyerdingman9177]

Dude31463 lol no problem. But im serious about the forest thing. Cross at Niagara or that is what you find.

[@broccolinyu911]

Vsauce: *does a video on how much money is in the world, giving valuable lessons on banking and economy* Also Vsauce: You can also destroy money by eating it

[@asgeiralbretsen]

I'm the 4.2 MILLIONTH richest in the world. I should buy a top hat.

[@asgeiralbretsen]

***** I'm Norwegian. Hope that explains it.

[@ScottishRebel]

***** you can be rich but not famous

[@asgeiralbretsen]

***** I'm not THE richest. I'm the four millionth richest :p. Not even close to first place.

[@brodyc4114]

+Anselmo Kesner Everyday must be really hard for you.

[@Twiggy163]

+Aski Being Norwegian does explain it. Since stuff in Norway is really expensive, it's less impressive.

[@Danko1900]

7:22 It's not about the money... it's about sending a message. Everything burns!

[@penart5674]

am I the only one who enjoys this without complaining he's way off topic ?

[@theicekiller7574]

Michael said himself in a TED talk that he does it on pourpouse. He starts off with an absurd or dumb question and then teaches his viewers pretty cool stuff

[@hellfax4387]

>Banks >Trusted I wouldn't put those two in the same sentence.

[@thedangboi7198]

"How much of it is yours?" 0%, my guy.

[@maleknecibi]

Correction: -1% Those students loans really are a b****.

[@gamewarriora8951]

@@maleknecibi Not everyone lives in the US

[@paige.w17]

Lol r so gay

[@PedroKing19]

@@gamewarriora8951 but he's talking about himself so it doesn't matter

[@zzztriplezzz5264]

@@PedroKing19 yeah wtf lol 😂

[@Zenobiwan]

@7:31 as the joker would say: "it's not about the money, it's about sending a message"

[@dakotacook8865]

You cant keep making these videos titles so intriguing, I HAVE HOMEWORK TO DO!! IT'S BEEN 2 AND A HALF HOURS!!

[@bruvocado]

Those videoes always answer the question but continue on the subject and I LOVE THIS

[@ith7922]

"First things first, how much CASH is inside a BANK?" -Money Heist, a Netflix film, circa 2019

[@Nai_101]

La Casa De Papel

[@None-Trick_Pony]

“First thing's first, I'm Darius Emmanuel Grouch III!” -Money Plane, a Netflix film, circa 2020

[@louisng114]

0:14 So if I keep 100 pieces of currency, I will be statistically a murderer the next year.

[@giordanotucci8254]

And if you keep them and don't kill anyone, you'll save a life, congrats little hero.

[@_spiderz_571]

Yep, congrats little Jimmy!

[@safi9764]

@@giordanotucci8254 underrated reply of an underrated comment

[@juicewrld7065]

What if i dont no money and commit W murder, then what, I’m breaking statistics

[@TheUndulyNoted]

No. I sure hope you aren't serious kiddo

[@nog00dus3rs]

how is there $75 trillion when there are only 7 thousand people

[@Macer23able]

ILLOOMINARTY

[@Macer23able]

***** At what?

[@Macer23able]

xzombieslayerx1 Dammit, I've been had! D:

[@ScoopMeisterGeneral]

xzombieslayerx1 So what you're saying is... Half Life 3 has been confirmed?

[@untitledname5183]

***** Not funny. -10/10

[@Winterstormadvisory]

"This isn't real money it was printed by the montana militia." "It'll be real soon enough!"

[@jpdemer5]

You'll be able to buy cigarettes from other inmates with it.

[@Winterstormadvisory]

@@jpdemer5 cringe

[@Firehawk376]

This guy detonates my brain on a regular basis.

[@jackieedgin4849]

No matter how hard I try, I will always forget what video I'm watching halfway through a vsauce video

[@TheYavy]

Trust me there is no 100 dolar cash laying around in my house.

[@-AAA-147]

I know I'm late but have you tried?

[@oliveratom5957]

OR IS IT?

[@SupremeMasterr]

ima come and look for it

[@Tana1499]

I know its been 7 years, but technically Michael makes a mistake at 3:28. When the central bank wants to increase money supply, they buy government bonds from a NON-BANK counterparty. That way, whoever they buy the bonds from will deposit money at a bank, hey-presto, more money. If the counterparty is a bank you run the risk that they are recapitalising after a financial crisis (i.e. exactly what happened after 2008), thus any money you create will go to the banks' capital and won't affect money supply.

[@MythWorks]

I went to the rich list site and it actually told me “sure about that” because of how poor I am

[@JC-qq9sw]

TheEccentricMythstery same

[@ThachNguyen-qe5kr]

Really?

[@colonelsanders9637]

I'm richer than 80% of the global population but am at the bottom 10% of Englands. I'd also keep in mind that the website that is linked will make it seem as though youre richer than you actually are to promote donations and guilt trip you into doing so

[@nataliaborys1554]

Told me I'm richer than 70% of the global population. But then again, that includes the homeless, exploited cocoa farmers in Third World countries, members of sects that reject material goods, etc., so I'm not really surprised, since I have food, a roof over my head, electricity and running water

[@KellySmith555]

This is EXACTLY why you can't binge on Vsauce videos. If you did, you might become comatose from the constant mind blowing.

[@Cookie_Wookie_7]

"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." -Henry Ford

[@vitoc8454]

He believed he could start an American factory town in Brazil. That.... didn't go well. Wendigoon's video on "Fordlandia" is fascinating and hilarious

[@None-Trick_Pony]

“On that note, let's talk about the Jews.” -Henry "Dearborn" Ford

[@boat02]

Having studied economics, this is a surprisingly on topic video throughout

[@TheHelmaroc]

Invading Canadians? That's like an oxymoron.

[@HCroaks]

The Helmaroc King D-Day would disagree

[@elfbrownie7226]

The Helmaroc King hey there my fellow Canadian!

[@mr.champion7304]

8:55 I can imagine a news headline in the future... US Paper Bills now 2nd most popular method for dealing illegal drugs

[@100percentSNAFU]

In a societal breakdown, paper currency becomes worthless, and bullets and cans of food become currency.

[@shafaulkahfi]

That’s communism

[@ShadowGaming-xw8zj]

Crypto

[@gumbydar]

5:00 currently in 2021 M1 is now 7x more than in 2013!

[@scardykat630]

That is a lot

[@ladyalicent705]

Micheal: You can destroy things by believing in them Me: *walks up to a rival at school* I bELiEvE iN yOU!

[@jamaluddinkhalifa8371]

cue the countdown for said rival to become overconfident and get rekt

[@exhorter7363]

Who's Micheal?

[@exhorter7363]

@@arinb.756 Yes yes but who's Micheal?

[@exhorter7363]

@@arinb.756 Oh got it Micheal is his doppledanger

[@Robin-jk6wz]

School shooters be like: I believe in y'all!

[@nob2243]

Looks like someone rushed the subtitles a bit, as there are some minor mistakes in the video. In 9:45, it should be "ammo" (instead of AMO) and "clean water" (without a comma); and similarly, in 13:38 it should be "destroy". And before someone says, that I'm just nitpicking and why don't I correct it myself: I would, but in this particular video there's no option for the viewers to edit them.

[@Kurachi84]

keeps people busy in life :)

[@zachmatl74]

6:34 Michael tells his viewers to counterfeit money

[@Johanyohann]

I've been producing counterfit cash for the longest time in gta online

[@AxeAR]

@@Johanyohann Ah yes, the diy central banks

[@eliaspietila_]

I love how M1 is still less than the US national debt in 2022.

[@ecurbyeltten5691]

So how much money is there on earth? But... what is money? Cue the detective music.

[@kkonstantinosss2]

And it it made using ink. But what is color? And that was a question, but where did the concept of questions come from?

[@hanc724]

What

[@EEEEEE1337]

Me in the store wanna pay up for my stuff I grabbed. "Sir, this makes 21,47$." "Ok" *Gives 1$* "Sir, this is only 1$." "NO, ITS AS MUCH AS YOU BELIEVE!!" *Runs off*

[@fishthestrong5056]

not funny didn’t laugh

[@theorangeacorn7550]

fgangfish LMFAOOOOO WOW WE FOUND A NECKBEARD GUYS

[@kuhnX]

Wow these kids on there period

[@Imvelmar]

@@kuhnX their

[@kuhnX]

Lil Goggles what?

[@ethanlewis7635]

I'd give up my spare change for more seasons of Arrested Development.

[@thetonymasters]

Thank you for helping me save the universe, Micheal. I love you.

[@jacfac9969]

0:29 I love how he looks like he’s stealing all the money on earth to count it up to answer his question.