Benjamins are the favorite currency of criminals and almost no one else—and there’s no good reason to go on printing them.

A strong dollar is bad for exports. But no one cares because these days our most favored export is … the dollar.

Three consecutive presidents have changed the look of the country’s bills—not to address economic issues like inflation but to project their political values.

Yes, it's more powerful than most companies. But it's not quite like a government, either.

The aesthetic cost of counterfeit-proofing