Nations could forgo converting dollars to gold, and instead hold dollars.

The intent of the SDR system was to prevent nations from buying pegged dollars and selling them at the higher free market price, and give nations a reason to hold dollars, by crediting interest, at the same time, set a clear limit to the amount of dollars which could be held.

'Aristotle's lantern' has been discerned in the distinctive perforations of keyhole sand dollars.

Dollars had to leave the United States and become available for international use.

The ECB 's foreign reserves portfolio consists of US dollars , Japanese yen , gold and Special Drawing Rights ( SDRs ) .

Folklore A variety of imaginative associations have been made by idle beachcombers who run across the bleached skeletons of dead sand dollars.

In 1971 more and more dollars were being printed in Washington, then being pumped overseas, to pay for the nation's military expenditures and private investments.

Adjustment to these changed realities was impeded by the U.S. commitment to fixed exchange rates and by the U.S. obligation to convert dollars into gold on demand.

While West Germany agreed not to purchase gold from the U.S., and agreed to hold dollars instead, the pressure on both the Dollar and the Pound Sterling continued.

It would use this surplus to send dollars to Europe, which would then be used to rebuild their economies, and make the United States the market for their products.

If natural resources dollars do start flowing in 2010, as some expect, the country may for the first time enjoy a major revenue source that could help it stand on its own feet.

In addition, as long as other countries were willing to hold dollars, the U.S. could carry out massive foreign expenditures for political purposes military activities and foreign aid without the threat of balance of payments constraints.

Dollars flowed out through various U.S. aid programs the Truman Doctrine entailing aid to the pro U.S. Greek and Turkish regimes, which were struggling to suppress socialist revolution, aid to various pro U.S. regimes in the Third World, and most important, the Marshall Plan.

I of course do not intend to suggest that WTO membership is so necessary to the Russian people, but it is necessary for the oligarchs, and therefore for Putin, and he pressures Georgia to admit Russia to the WTO because his oligarchs are losing nearly a billion dollars a year.

Jagdish Bhagwati The Capital Myth The Difference between Trade in Widgets and Dollars Foreign Affairs, May June 1998 Carlos Liard Muriente Capital Controls in Theory and Practice Journal of Business Finance Vol 1 Issue 1 2007 ref A teoria neoclássica levou os a esperar que o capital fluísse das economias desenvolvidas ricas em capital para os países em desenvolvimento pobres em capital porque os retornos do capital lá deveriam serm maiores.