--- title: Why It's Time to Dump the $100 Bill description: Why we should dump the $100 bill, how Yemenis are squeezing water out of fog and more. canonical: https://time.com/4227231/dump-100-dollar-bill/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-17T17:01:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:00:23.953Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Why It's Time to Dump the $100 Bill og:description: These are today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/4227231/dump-100-dollar-bill/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Why It's Time to Dump the $100 Bill twitter:description: These are today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Why It's Time to Dump the $100 Bill by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Feb 17, 2016 5:01 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Feb 17, 2016 5:01 PM CUT **1\.** [**Get rid of the $100 bill.**](http://larrysummers.com/2016/02/16/its-time-to-go-after-big-money/ "undefined") By Larry Summers on his blog **2\.** [**To survive its wartime water shortage, Yemenis are squeezing moisture out of fog.**](http://qz.com/585619/yemenis-fought-droughts-by-turning-fog-back-into-water/ "undefined") By Annalisa Merelli in Quartz **3\.** [**With Washington gridlocked, states are taking immigration policy into their own hands.**](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/16/466989955/states-step-up-as-washington-stalls-on-immigration "undefined") By Richard Gonzales at NPR **4\.** [**Soon you might just download and print your dream wardrobe.**](http://bit.ly/24915GH "undefined") By Amber Aaron in Bold **5\.** [**This futuristic “5D” high-capacity data storage system should outlast humankind.**](http://www.pcworld.com/article/3033071/storage/permanent-superman-crystal-holographic-storage-is-etched-with-the-bible-magna-carta.html "undefined") By Mark Hachman in PCWorld  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4227231/dump-100-dollar-bill/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4227231/dump-100-dollar-bill/"},"headline":"Why It's Time to Dump the $100 Bill","datePublished":"2016-02-17T17:01:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:23.953Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4227231/dump-100-dollar-bill/","keywords":["Innovation","Crime","Immigration","Data topic","3D printing","Yemen"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4227231/dump-100-dollar-bill/","name":"Why It's Time to Dump the $100 Bill"}}]}] ```