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Description: What Ataturk realized actually is two very fundamental things. Which is that, actually, first one, all value is actually relative. All value is perceived value. For those of you who don't speak Spanish, jugo de naranja -- it's actually the Spanish for "orange juice." Because actually it's not the dollar. It's actually the peso

Paul Romer

For an investment banker, the choice between a payment that doubles with every square on the chessboard and one that doubles with every other square is more important than any other part of the contract. Who cares whether the payment is in pennies, pounds, or pesos?

American Economist

Wilbur Ross

I think partly the decline in the peso was due to worry about renegotiation of NAFTA, but I think we also need to think about some other mechanisms for making the peso/dollar exchange rate a bit more stable.

American Businessman

Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal

Since we don't use any type of currency manipulation schemes - we have a floating exchange market - we are very glad to consider any type of process that would stabilize the Mexican peso.

Mexican Economist

Manny Pacquiao

I've worked in construction, in a factory sewing clothes. I also sold flowers and doughnuts - just odd jobs to try to make 10 pesos, which is equivalent to 20 cents.

Filipino Boxer

Shakira

I would sing anywhere they would invite me. That's how I made my first pesos. I used to sing at beauty pageants, local events of every sort.

Musician

Angel Cabrera

I grab coins and tees in my travels, but I usually mark my ball with a coin from Argentina, either a peso or a 10-centavo piece.

Argentinian Athlete

Carole Radziwill

I read somewhere on the Internet that I have $50 million, and I think what they meant was 50 million pesos.

American Journalist

Vicente Fox

Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.

Mexican Statesman

Alma Guillermoprieto

The most that somebody in Mexico City will get paid for a job in construction is 100 pesos a day.

Mexican Journalist

Mauricio Macri

Argentines have billions of pesos overseas because they didn't trust in the state.

Argentinian Statesman

Knowing the peso is crucial when traveling to use local services and buy goods.

Travel Essential

The value of pesos can differ greatly between countries. Always check the exchange rate.

Variable Value

Pesos have cultural significance and are referenced in local sayings and expressions.

Cultural Context

Originally, 'peso' meant weight, and many Spanish words for weight are derived from it.

Historical Weight

Understanding 'peso' in a weight context helps you buy items at markets where items are weighed.

Market Conversations

The Spanish peso is obsolete; learning its history can be culturally enriching.

Historical Currency

Discussion of the Spanish peso can highlight Spain's transition to the euro.

Cultural Transition

 What Ataturk realized actually is two very fundamental things. Which is that, actually, first one, all value is actually relative. All value is perceived value. For those of you who don't speak Spanish, jugo de naranja -- it's actually the Spanish for "orange juice." Because actually it's not the dollar. It's actually the peso

Life lessons from an ad...

 And to be quite honest, I really showed those recruiters just how passionate I was by telling them all about my early interest in the global economy, which, conveniently, stemmed from the conversations that I would overhear my immigrant parents having about money and the fluctuating value of the Mexican peso.

Elizabeth Camarillo...

 anything he could get his hands on but especially mammals so one day when he's 11 years old he's watching this mexican game show the 64 000 peso grand prize rodrigo turns to his mom and says you know if i could get on this show and they asked me questions about mammals i think i could win

A Skeptic’s Guide to...

 chilean pesos or about 10 US dollars each way spend a night or two in puerto natales and rest up you'll need all the energy you can muster for this demanding hike in patagonia weather is everything if the weather's not right you may not even get to see the towers through the

Find Your Bliss in...

 but only by proving that you've actually used the product to do stuff." And you can't come into this. This is purely for the community that are sweating using Nike products. You can't buy stuff with pesos. This is literally a closed environment, a closed auction space.

Paul Kemp-Robertson:...

 this system chilean now can buy within the local community while saving that allows them to purchase other product otherwise they cannot afford when budgets are so tight every peso counts and can make a real difference for example access to a barrel education or

A clever solution to the...

 She clicks on a teller that's a five-star teller, who's seven minutes away. The guy shows up at the door, gives her Filipino pesos, she puts them in her wallet. The whole thing took minutes, and it cost her two percent.

How the blockchain is...

 Went in, paid my ten pesos, walked up -- 10 women two guys, usually a good ratio. The instructor says, "You are participating." death sweat. Fight-or-flight fear sweat, because I tried ballroom dancing in college --

Smash fear, learn...

 very serious use for this chiral yeah ah this is where you build take a look at my little workshop whoa this is a very very small yes peso and you're creating relatively small robust correct yeah

Robot Genius PIPE Mad...

 What's this? And I open the bag. And I see 50,000 pesos. And I see it evolving.

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