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Re:Why is America so rich? by mcantelon on Thursday November 11, 2010 @06:42PM (#1895856)
They neglect to mention Bretton Woods establishing the US dollar as the world's reserve currency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Monetary_and_Fin...

>the IMF insists that the foreign exchange reserves maintained by other nations are held in the form of dollars, so no matter how much debt the US accumulates, its economy will not collapse.

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