How Much Money is There on Earth?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2013
  • Thanks to Grey for his help on this video: / cgpgrey
    Thanks to Jack for helping with the intro: / jackvslife
    LINKS AND SOURCES TO LEARN MORE BELOW.
    music by / jakechudnow
    GlobalRichList.com: www.globalrichlist.com/
    Type currency symbols: currencies.typeit.org/
    money changing hands [PDF]: www.swiftinstitute.org/sites/d...
    murder states in the US: www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/...
    Bank robbery average [PDF]: www.cops.usdoj.gov/files/ric/p...
    currency left laying around:
    www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-ec...
    highstreetmoney.co.uk/2012/11/...
    www.nhscleveland.org/blog/post...
    cost of Arrested Development on Netflix (one season): www.wired.com/underwire/2013/0...
    Money supply articles:
    dollardaze.org/blog/
    www.straightdope.com/columns/r...
    Money Supply on wikipedia:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_su...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraction...
    amazing fake US money (SUPER DOLLARS): blog.hypovereinsbank.de/schoe...
    is burning money illegal? www.nbcnews.com/id/7148966/ns/...
    KLF burns a million quid [videos]:
    • KLF-The Documentary
    • K foundation burn a mi...
    KLF burns a million quid [articles]:
    blog.fxcc.com/the-klf-were-lig...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Found...
    money burning on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_bu...
    burn money the Steve Spangler way: www.stevespanglerscience.com/e...
    Tyga eats money [video]: • Tyga Responds To The F...
    Dirty Money:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contamin...
    www.scientificamerican.com/art...
    court case about drugs on money: caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-cir...
    termite eat money: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...
    "money" on wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money
    fiat money:
    www.forbes.com/sites/pascalemm...
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_money
    "fiat" etymology: www.etymonline.com/index.php?s...
    monopoly money color comparrison to US currency: 25.media.tumblr.com/927603e8c4...
    tinkerbell effect:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkerbe...
    / til_that_the_tinkerbel...
    www.robbieparks.com/2011/08/26...
    RELATED "Thomas Theorem": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_t...
    REVERSE tinkerbell effect:
    www.volokh.com/2003_01_26_volo...
    www.volokh.com/2009/03/11/tink...

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  • @Christopher80611
    @Christopher80611 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4426

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

    • @ayatsheikh3558
      @ayatsheikh3558 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      hahaha

    • @davidjaimez3102
      @davidjaimez3102 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Lol

    • @echoskelet
      @echoskelet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

    • @armaanp1605
      @armaanp1605 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      33 /Al'Zuhr\ wtf

    • @echoskelet
      @echoskelet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The power of the joke is weak in you .

  • @thomasthewest03
    @thomasthewest03 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5380

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

    • @santi8034
      @santi8034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

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

    • @IsabellaGentile
      @IsabellaGentile 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      🤣🤣

    • @idiamin5771
      @idiamin5771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hilarious

    • @yunhyy
      @yunhyy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Barack Obama Give some money to Africa!

    • @shine8683
      @shine8683 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's funny coz it's true

  • @logged-out
    @logged-out 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1194

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

    • @michaelshelby4181
      @michaelshelby4181 2 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      Or will you

    • @spheredude6003
      @spheredude6003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@michaelshelby4181 i like how your name is micheal

    • @mrpeluchito
      @mrpeluchito 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@spheredude6003 you mean Michael

    • @sy-2
      @sy-2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@mrpeluchito you mean MICHAEL

    • @zvonimirvidovic1714
      @zvonimirvidovic1714 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@michaelshelby4181 hahahahaha

  • @nope8083
    @nope8083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3252

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

    • @spheredude6003
      @spheredude6003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +265

      Canada after invading: *sorry*

    • @prowlinality
      @prowlinality 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@spheredude6003 snjdfn

    • @Test-qq2fg
      @Test-qq2fg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Canada invaded. Or is it?

    • @jf6408
      @jf6408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      As a Canadian, I laughed so hard

    • @RECTRONSTREAMS
      @RECTRONSTREAMS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jf6408 same

  • @user-rd7jv4du1w
    @user-rd7jv4du1w 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8576

    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
      @gabriela.8141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +335

      picake you just summed up all his videos

    • @N0URii
      @N0URii 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      lol ikr

    • @cairora6169
      @cairora6169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +67

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

    • @vilmarodriguez2980
      @vilmarodriguez2980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gabriela.8141 i8ii8ii88

    • @vilmarodriguez2980
      @vilmarodriguez2980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ii

  • @Orgaya
    @Orgaya 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4952

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

    • @megavevo1000
      @megavevo1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +374

      Yes

    • @SharukhSaifi
      @SharukhSaifi 7 ปีที่แล้ว +233

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

    • @innsj6369
      @innsj6369 7 ปีที่แล้ว +156

      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
      @transgwender 7 ปีที่แล้ว +214

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

    • @Orgaya
      @Orgaya 7 ปีที่แล้ว +173

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

  • @shaneclark7383
    @shaneclark7383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1865

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

    • @elliottthurlow954
      @elliottthurlow954 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Nuclear warfare could make it irrelevant

    • @shaneclark7383
      @shaneclark7383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@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
      @RafaelMunizYT ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@elliottthurlow954 or could it?

    • @Gaiaphage
      @Gaiaphage ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @johnmeehan2694
      @johnmeehan2694 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @tahabashir3779
    @tahabashir3779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +856

    "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
      @randombean8157 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @aidanmania *Vsauce music plays*

    • @ModdedMoon
      @ModdedMoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yyjjyjjyjyjyjyyjjjhjjhyyyyjjy j juk was j h jj mn ccccj

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You forgot all about the philosophical talk!

    • @motazfawzi2504
      @motazfawzi2504 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Write
      TLDW
      At the beginning

    • @TheUnderscore_
      @TheUnderscore_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@motazfawzi2504 Why...?

  • @zinxslayerz7917
    @zinxslayerz7917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1877

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

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

    • @ShadNex
      @ShadNex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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
      @ShadNex 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @rohanjansen4536
      @rohanjansen4536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Drug money

    • @Jake1702
      @Jake1702 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @SYED &uss!in What game is that?

  • @Broekje
    @Broekje 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2952

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

    • @dylanb2990
      @dylanb2990 7 ปีที่แล้ว +289

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

    • @aresartemis783
      @aresartemis783 7 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Broekje i thought is be like 250k -10million

    • @3216ben1
      @3216ben1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Central bank maybe

    • @georgianultraimperialistor2934
      @georgianultraimperialistor2934 7 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      it is not GTA 5 you are not robbeyng depot

    • @remixtheidiot5771
      @remixtheidiot5771 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Broekje cartoons made it look like they stole more.

  • @LoganFunnyguy
    @LoganFunnyguy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1221

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

  • @peytonwm
    @peytonwm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    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
      @defaultuserxd9848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Put the cash next to the shotguns

    • @calamorta
      @calamorta ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @idioticclub
      @idioticclub 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @ryandupuis5860
    @ryandupuis5860 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1340

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

  • @siddheshbagade2506
    @siddheshbagade2506 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2526

    I searched my house. I found nothing.

    • @Kurachi84
      @Kurachi84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +185

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

    • @legosinthecantina5032
      @legosinthecantina5032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

    • @matthewbreitling8530
      @matthewbreitling8530 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@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
      @chocoflavoredcookies5649 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      its taped on your back ;)

    • @nighlex
      @nighlex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      *AVERAGE*

  • @philv2529
    @philv2529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    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
      @alonewanderer4697 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      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
      @philv2529 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

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

    • @marshed0mallow
      @marshed0mallow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      at this point just check all the stalls first

    • @mothsoulsboi9128
      @mothsoulsboi9128 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @xXJ4FARGAMERXx
      @xXJ4FARGAMERXx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Danymok
    @Danymok 2 ปีที่แล้ว +930

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

    • @gurubhaktmohit
      @gurubhaktmohit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Which country has a debt higher than $75 trillion?

    • @Yolwoocle
      @Yolwoocle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +118

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

    • @justadrawing
      @justadrawing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Yolwoocle oh jeez

    • @visassess8607
      @visassess8607 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @justadrawing
      @justadrawing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@visassess8607 ikr

  • @llamawarllord
    @llamawarllord 9 ปีที่แล้ว +608

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

    • @ducktales1113
      @ducktales1113 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      well said

    • @arjaylegaspi2273
      @arjaylegaspi2273 8 ปีที่แล้ว +47

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

    • @ducktales1113
      @ducktales1113 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @Adnansmg
      @Adnansmg 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      tsugio idk hhhhhhhhhh

    • @ducktales1113
      @ducktales1113 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      iiiiiiiiiiii
      LUMINATI

  • @finlaysandham6935
    @finlaysandham6935 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2227

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

  • @gabrielsimon7944
    @gabrielsimon7944 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

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

  • @Iplayquad
    @Iplayquad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    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

  • @N3KLAZ
    @N3KLAZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    "These germs might be high"
    ~ Vsauce, 2013

    • @OliverOcelot29
      @OliverOcelot29 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      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
      @N3KLAZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      thanks bro

    • @Robin-jk6wz
      @Robin-jk6wz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Wtf?

    • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
      @user-cd4bx6uq1y 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      204

    • @thememeguy2135
      @thememeguy2135 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OliverOcelot29 that escalated quickly.

  • @trevormulf153
    @trevormulf153 6 ปีที่แล้ว +481

    V sauce just taught me inflation without trying

    • @KSR3
      @KSR3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      shit

    • @DerVolman
      @DerVolman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @phillip perkins dont swear kid

    • @keahibailey2646
      @keahibailey2646 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @employedhawk885
      @employedhawk885 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Acurate

  • @koraptd6085
    @koraptd6085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    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.

  • @genjitsu7448
    @genjitsu7448 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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!!!

  • @johnsmith-cr4vq
    @johnsmith-cr4vq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3051

    who else is up too late watching this shit

    • @jacobstreng8601
      @jacobstreng8601 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      john smith ha me

    • @Epicpig-zf9nl
      @Epicpig-zf9nl 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      john smith I am wachting it at 5:48 am

    • @dalenanguyen9655
      @dalenanguyen9655 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      john smith me

    • @switchspage4016
      @switchspage4016 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      john smith 3443544434444344353444544 o clock

    • @scottmoore765
      @scottmoore765 7 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @rickyzain5897
    @rickyzain5897 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3207

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

    • @Jiyanico2
      @Jiyanico2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +512

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

    • @joydizon9459
      @joydizon9459 5 ปีที่แล้ว +261

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

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +212

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

    • @stefthorman8548
      @stefthorman8548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@joydizon9459 did you account for children?

    • @lokokrokoo2303
      @lokokrokoo2303 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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

  • @jayure1346
    @jayure1346 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

  • @Homelander489
    @Homelander489 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When Joker burned money, he made everyone else richer. Thanks Joker, very cool

    • @idek6585
      @idek6585 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      At the cost to himself, what a kind, generous, and caring man. Mr beast got nothing on the Jester of Genocide himself

  • @Muudge
    @Muudge 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4093

    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
      @laela6289 7 ปีที่แล้ว +137

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

    • @tylerwilliamson2908
      @tylerwilliamson2908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +99

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

    • @cursoreu2605
      @cursoreu2605 7 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      Invading Canadians make US dollars worthless

    • @kokigami5492
      @kokigami5492 7 ปีที่แล้ว +47

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

    • @kidtoyreviewer1667
      @kidtoyreviewer1667 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mudge I

  • @hanstonra
    @hanstonra 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3040

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

    • @jerolevert
      @jerolevert 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      What about ¥100.

    • @ethanwheathin4457
      @ethanwheathin4457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@standupyak who?

    • @ethanwheathin4457
      @ethanwheathin4457 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@standupyak asked.

    • @standupyak
      @standupyak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @@ethanwheathin4457 why are ur comments separated

    • @standupyak
      @standupyak 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@ethanwheathin4457 who likes their own comments anyway

  • @jeffborders5526
    @jeffborders5526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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
      @Vicioussnakeboy ปีที่แล้ว

      Living in the UK now is an economic disaster

  • @bruvocado
    @bruvocado 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @WoodChoppa911
    @WoodChoppa911 6 ปีที่แล้ว +601

    We'll replace them with bottle caps

    • @Kurachi84
      @Kurachi84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @Hamsterdami
      @Hamsterdami 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      *NCR entered the server*

    • @vinnyviszmeg2225
      @vinnyviszmeg2225 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter...

    • @uglesovs483
      @uglesovs483 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Fallout 4 ?????

    • @Spectaxe
      @Spectaxe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Fallout reference

  • @furqanbooley9476
    @furqanbooley9476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1029

    "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
      @mactavishmods 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar recycle after shredding

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @EmperorJuliusCaesar what

    • @hamzerpanzer
      @hamzerpanzer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hamzerpanzer And?

    • @hamzerpanzer
      @hamzerpanzer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou
    @IdRatherNotHaveAHandleThankYou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +109

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

  • @Winterstormadvisory
    @Winterstormadvisory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

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

    • @jpdemer5
      @jpdemer5 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Winterstormadvisory
      @Winterstormadvisory 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jpdemer5 cringe

  • @matiasgarciacasas558
    @matiasgarciacasas558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +951

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

    • @anandsuralkar2947
      @anandsuralkar2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I belive in allah

    • @skopp888
      @skopp888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's why we love vsauce

    • @Daniel-yz5qj
      @Daniel-yz5qj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      glitch gamer I believe in war

    • @Daniel-yz5qj
      @Daniel-yz5qj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I believe in E.A servers

    • @xletz233
      @xletz233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Daniel-yz5qj I believe in you

  • @karimmohamed8001
    @karimmohamed8001 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1150

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

    • @bennypotatoe7636
      @bennypotatoe7636 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Who wouldn't?

    • @ralakus8784
      @ralakus8784 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

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

    • @paistinlasta1805
      @paistinlasta1805 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You learn fact's from his videos.

    • @sexyguy8479
      @sexyguy8479 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Benny Potatoe me

    • @Bigdropstar5
      @Bigdropstar5 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    How Much Money is There on Earth?
    MrBeast: Yes

  • @semj1
    @semj1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    “You can make things real just by believing in them”
    Weebs: Don’t do that, don’t give me hope

  • @pogonoah99
    @pogonoah99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +534

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

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @Ruisu101
      @Ruisu101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @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
      @MegaGullas 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      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
      @markwalshopoulos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Castor fractional reserve banking has nothing to do with debt

    • @ghostlyandghoulish1705
      @ghostlyandghoulish1705 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Noah Fence 😱

  • @michaeljonglee
    @michaeljonglee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +719

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

    • @rodimusmaximus3912
      @rodimusmaximus3912 6 ปีที่แล้ว +173

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

    • @dragostego
      @dragostego 6 ปีที่แล้ว +52

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

    • @Unknown-kx9wd
      @Unknown-kx9wd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      1.25 grams :D M2!!!

    • @truedarklander
      @truedarklander 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dragostego woooosh

    • @xMurdererr
      @xMurdererr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nope, it's 25 billion dollars.

  • @aleksworld547
    @aleksworld547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    6:12 Where the title FINALLY tells how much money there is on Earth

  • @boat02
    @boat02 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @Maxywoo
    @Maxywoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

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

    • @thisgame2
      @thisgame2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Professor Weaboo you are projecting

    • @marshed0mallow
      @marshed0mallow 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @bytekast
      @bytekast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @bombud1
    @bombud1 10 ปีที่แล้ว +74

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

    • @KeV42023
      @KeV42023 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Shit i spent my change with the weed man!!

    • @EpicFuckingCoolGuy69420
      @EpicFuckingCoolGuy69420 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @aaebsssb9914
    @aaebsssb9914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    How much money is there on Earth?
    8 mins later: *You can eat money*

    • @marcellborgeschaves8587
      @marcellborgeschaves8587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol every vsauce vídeo

    • @JohnSmith-bk8yb
      @JohnSmith-bk8yb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Beginning of video: How much money is on Earth?
      9 minutes later: Cash is not nutritious

    • @damienmaymdien6367
      @damienmaymdien6367 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @dr moist give me my background back.

  • @green_beard
    @green_beard ปีที่แล้ว +3

    8:51 drug dealers: how we hide cocaine ?
    vsauce: hold my bear

  • @serpathius
    @serpathius 7 ปีที่แล้ว +676

    *withdraws 5000 $1 bills and sniffs them all*

    • @Goatix1954
      @Goatix1954 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @haha-lj5sq
      @haha-lj5sq 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      Goatix *spooky music as Michael raises his eyebrow*

    • @Scholarly
      @Scholarly 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Then buys like a pound of cocaine with 5000$

    • @tobythedog7478
      @tobythedog7478 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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
      @Kodiak-on-a-Kayak 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @julianpopov9262
    @julianpopov9262 4 ปีที่แล้ว +226

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

  • @eliaspietila_
    @eliaspietila_ ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @tebohocah2548
    @tebohocah2548 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @g.chaniotakis9656
    @g.chaniotakis9656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    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
      @Neo_v23 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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
      @larsus1436 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      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
      @calamorta ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @sandeepnair7259
    @sandeepnair7259 7 ปีที่แล้ว +707

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

    • @davisx2002
      @davisx2002 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      it is easy

    • @sandeepnair7259
      @sandeepnair7259 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      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
      @dantereimann8440 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      OMG IM DYING

    • @dantereimann8440
      @dantereimann8440 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL

    • @KasanovOFFICIAL
      @KasanovOFFICIAL 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anthony Fradley ...

  • @cameronzoladz4738
    @cameronzoladz4738 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are so entertaining and cool!

  • @ThePieGuy7302
    @ThePieGuy7302 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i watched this whole video all the way to the end, without realising that i saw it before 3 years ago. this just shows the absolute replay value of vsauce.

  • @bob-px8eg
    @bob-px8eg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +170

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

    • @wisteriaviolet5697
      @wisteriaviolet5697 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      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
      @Sealimperialpictures 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      God bless America

    • @oumardiop1
      @oumardiop1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @clroh7
      @clroh7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @kennyvx5914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Carrie Ray America deserves it

  • @JuanG2020
    @JuanG2020 9 ปีที่แล้ว +134

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

  • @RafaelMunizYT
    @RafaelMunizYT ปีที่แล้ว +1

    you can notice your thought process is as chaotic as michael's when everyone mentions how he always deviates from the main question along the video and you don't even realize it

  • @gumbydar
    @gumbydar 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @scardykat630
      @scardykat630 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is a lot

  • @SpeedChamp467
    @SpeedChamp467 10 ปีที่แล้ว +40

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

    • @JokerEvloved
      @JokerEvloved 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @T3hDaniel
      @T3hDaniel 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lucas Meyer
      ikr, ppl should type out words completely.

    • @JokerEvloved
      @JokerEvloved 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      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
      @MitoseNorikoFan 10 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @diogoferreira6684
      @diogoferreira6684 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      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

  • @crispybacon4320
    @crispybacon4320 6 ปีที่แล้ว +449

    A small loan of a million dollars

    • @petarmitkov1056
      @petarmitkov1056 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@soulofglebb no u

    • @bradsuarez2683
      @bradsuarez2683 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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
      @beepthemeep12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@bradsuarez2683 I'm good ty

    • @danem2215
      @danem2215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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
      @bitpumpkinn2923 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @NominalOrbit
    @NominalOrbit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how at the beginning of the video, he drops the coin onto the table at the same time the beat for the vsauce music starts playing in perfect unison.

  • @hellfax4387
    @hellfax4387 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @ericvulgate
    @ericvulgate 8 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    wow the canadian wall is now more important than ever.

    • @randomwindowsstuffz
      @randomwindowsstuffz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @Dude31463
      @Dude31463 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @sawyerdingman9177
      @sawyerdingman9177 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @Dude31463
      @Dude31463 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @sawyerdingman9177
      @sawyerdingman9177 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Lucy-ng7cw
    @Lucy-ng7cw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2716

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

    • @joshlaurence5302
      @joshlaurence5302 7 ปีที่แล้ว +234

      Yeah.....

    • @Lucy-ng7cw
      @Lucy-ng7cw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +155

      josh laurence whoops

    • @digitalmonster6049
      @digitalmonster6049 7 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Omg

    • @Lucy-ng7cw
      @Lucy-ng7cw 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ***** HAHAHAHAH

    • @emibro8147
      @emibro8147 7 ปีที่แล้ว +86

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

  • @haidershukur-ok8gz
    @haidershukur-ok8gz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He connects topics so good, that we wouldnt notice.

    • @DarkSpiritTony
      @DarkSpiritTony 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      MICHAELS HAVEN SEX TONIIIIIGHT

  • @Alberto2
    @Alberto2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:56 I almost forgot the pound coins used to look like that - shows the age of the video.

  • @asgeiralbretsen
    @asgeiralbretsen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2856

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

    • @asgeiralbretsen
      @asgeiralbretsen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +223

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

    • @ScottishRebel
      @ScottishRebel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +93

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

    • @asgeiralbretsen
      @asgeiralbretsen 8 ปีที่แล้ว +117

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

    • @brodyc4114
      @brodyc4114 8 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      +Anselmo Kesner Everyday must be really hard for you.

    • @Twiggy163
      @Twiggy163 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

  • @Y0ug0glenc0co
    @Y0ug0glenc0co 7 ปีที่แล้ว +347

    M0 money M0 problems

    • @ben9820
      @ben9820 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      money money money problems
      Yep, that about sums it up

    • @spooked8007
      @spooked8007 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Melissa shookith

  • @ujwalpreetsingh6071
    @ujwalpreetsingh6071 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Me: clicks on the video.
    Ad: “You will never be rich”.
    Me: Coincidence?
    Michael: Or is it?? (Vsauce music starts playing).

  • @augustus2043
    @augustus2043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Some guy was just wondering about this on tiktok, I hopefully sent them this way if they see my comment. Amazing to me that 7 years later I remember this.

  • @cobalius
    @cobalius 4 ปีที่แล้ว +398

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

    • @rijden-nu
      @rijden-nu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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
      @Koldyuki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @scottrainey2375 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you'd get way richer by just stealing their money

    • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
      @user-cd4bx6uq1y 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Disclaimer: you must have Elon Musk worth of money

    • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
      @user-cd4bx6uq1y 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      220

  • @xILoveFishyx
    @xILoveFishyx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +526

    8:40
    Someone-why are you sniffing your money
    Me-No ReAsOn

    • @mistraw3161
      @mistraw3161 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      😂😂😂

    • @tuser8
      @tuser8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Hope that pneumonia isn’t giving you too much trouble

    • @TheOpalHammer
      @TheOpalHammer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I hope that's for the cocaine and not the faeces.

    • @imransyed7907
      @imransyed7907 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      xILoveFishyx you know there’s feces in money too right?

    • @lilyyi7201
      @lilyyi7201 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would like but its at 420

  • @katherinehy42069
    @katherinehy42069 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i can only watch one video a day it’s so thought provoking

  • @broccolinyu911
    @broccolinyu911 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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

  • @ayotothegayo_8652
    @ayotothegayo_8652 6 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    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
      @The_WhitePencil 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @azzy4625
      @azzy4625 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ayo

  • @nog00dus3rs
    @nog00dus3rs 9 ปีที่แล้ว +186

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

    • @Macer23able
      @Macer23able 9 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      ILLOOMINARTY

    • @Macer23able
      @Macer23able 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** At what?

    • @Macer23able
      @Macer23able 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      xzombieslayerx1 Dammit, I've been had! D:

    • @ScoopMeisterGeneral
      @ScoopMeisterGeneral 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

    • @untitledname5183
      @untitledname5183 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

  • @Ar_sole_hair_fiddler
    @Ar_sole_hair_fiddler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks, Vsauce! Now I can run both a bank robbing and drug tycoon at the same time!

  • @Tana1499
    @Tana1499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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.

  • @xyon9090
    @xyon9090 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    *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
      @ions2 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      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
      @PrimeDiam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @dcarbs2979
      @dcarbs2979 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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
      @anandsuralkar2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      True

  • @im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username
    @im_sorry_i_forgot_my_username 5 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    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

  • @elijahemmanuelines7750
    @elijahemmanuelines7750 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Vsauce asks one question at the beginning and discusses so many things as the video gets longer. I like it because it helps me understand life.

  • @mav01
    @mav01 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Vsauce videos are like when you have a presentation for school, but you can't make the presentation as long as the teacher wants, so you go off and talk about random things loosely related to the main topic

  • @natem1579
    @natem1579 7 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    No wonder cash smells so good...

    • @jhinabloomingflower807
      @jhinabloomingflower807 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nathan McNelis you should also lick money they are healthy

    • @McCaroni_Sup
      @McCaroni_Sup 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      U getting high on your own supply?

    • @SyndromeM
      @SyndromeM 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because of the feces?

    • @-AAA-147
      @-AAA-147 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      nah man, caus of the cocan
      *sniffs*

  • @rampager1990
    @rampager1990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Does that include Mr burns trillion dollar bill?

  • @omartawakkol8730
    @omartawakkol8730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    “Invading Canadians”
    Americans: *laughs in m16*

    • @blakecacini8016
      @blakecacini8016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In history, Canada's military has been _S C A R Y._

  • @superkillerxd
    @superkillerxd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am getting videos recommended which has been uploaded years ago, and never knew about it

  • @alexanderveritas
    @alexanderveritas 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    *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
      @anandsuralkar2947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @zaydensosa548
    @zaydensosa548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +305

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

    • @HelderGriff
      @HelderGriff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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
      @okami8555 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @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
      @beyondbackwater4933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @HelderGriff
      @HelderGriff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@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
      @employedhawk885 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tru dat

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this video, but I wish you delved into digital money, which is pretty much more common than physical cash nowadays. I want to know the philosophy of money that doesn’t really exist in a physical form but is still as valuable as cash. Also would love to hear about liquid assets, stocks, and those kinds of complicated things.

    • @christianmorales8978
      @christianmorales8978 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He did when he was talking about how much money exists. If you’re looking for philosophy in modern economics, you’re looking in the wrong place. The philosophy is just “the system exists to benefit the rich and those in power oh and also if you do the things we do you’ll get sent to prison”.

  • @MaxMeinz
    @MaxMeinz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    so this is just vsauce talking about how we shouldn't eat money

  • @millie2544
    @millie2544 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

  • @louisng114
    @louisng114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

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

    • @giordanotucci8254
      @giordanotucci8254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

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

    • @_spiderz_571
      @_spiderz_571 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yep, congrats little Jimmy!

    • @safi9764
      @safi9764 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@giordanotucci8254 underrated reply of an underrated comment

    • @juicewrld7065
      @juicewrld7065 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @TheUndulyNoted
      @TheUndulyNoted 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No. I sure hope you aren't serious kiddo

  • @daviderigamonti3304
    @daviderigamonti3304 ปีที่แล้ว

    Every time i finish one of his videos, o feel super high

  • @agustinarriagada5793
    @agustinarriagada5793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Vsauce: how does countries exists
    5 minutes later: so that the meaning of life, thanks for watching

  • @galffygergojozsef7816
    @galffygergojozsef7816 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

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

    • @jelleposthuma8786
      @jelleposthuma8786 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      PAY THE COURT A FINE*

    • @michealpants
      @michealpants 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @infinitevirus4826
      @infinitevirus4826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @matthewmichaelson9806
    @matthewmichaelson9806 9 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Wow, so the U.S. national debt is currently about 18 Trillion. That means that the amount my country owes to the world is greater than 20% of M3 (ALL of the possible money in the world). Seriously, WTF U.S. Government!! Irresponsible much?!

    • @catherinedagreatful2172
      @catherinedagreatful2172 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is any gold and silver left in the reserves? Or has it been empty for decades? Bullion of Bull and a Paper Trail.

    • @matthewmichaelson9806
      @matthewmichaelson9806 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Catherine DaGreat lol, indeed. Where do we go from here!? ;)

    • @catherinedagreatful2172
      @catherinedagreatful2172 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Matthew Michaelson ..maybe to an honest and fair bartering system, and giving up all the unnecessary acquisitions of wealth. Wealth is like manure, you need to spread it around.

    • @matthewmichaelson9806
      @matthewmichaelson9806 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Catherine DaGreat Sounds awesome sister. That would make Mother Earth very happy, I'm sure! :D

    • @weldin
      @weldin 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because running the US is easy! Seriously man. We just had one of our worst presidents a couple of years ago. What do you expect? Most of that debt is towards things inside the US anyway. There's a CGP Grey video about it I believe.

  • @cracklasco
    @cracklasco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Damn, y'all remember physical cash?

  • @MrErickloli
    @MrErickloli 9 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    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
      @zachelkins1568 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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
      @trololololololol7785 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      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
      @markskalvans237 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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
      @markskalvans237 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** 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
      @ramonmserrano 9 ปีที่แล้ว

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