--- description: Why the strong dollar is hurting America, educating Middle Eastern youth and more title: Don't Get Too Excited About America's Strong Dollar image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Don't Get Too Excited About America's Strong Dollar by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2016 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 2, 2016 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**The U.S. dollar is strong. That’s good, right? Wrong.**](http://theweek.com/articles/627306/dollar-stronger-than-been-13-years-thats-bad "undefined") By Jeff Spross in the Week **2\.** [**Educating the youth of the Middle East should be a foreign policy priority.**](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/middle-east-education-deficit-by-anne-marie-slaughter-and-lauren-bohn-2016-05 "undefined") By Anne-Marie Slaughter and Lauren Bohn at Project Syndicate **3\.** [**Tech billionaires are the new robber barons.**](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-technology-media-gawker-commentary-idUSKCN0YO09A "undefined") By Keith Emmer at Reuters **4\.** [**This is the dangerous force driving American workers.**](http://daily.jstor.org/americas-workforce-narcotic-stimulants/ "undefined") By Kate Bielamowicz at JSTOR Daily **5\.** [**Is free speech dying?**](http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21699909-curbs-free-speech-are-growing-tighter-it-time-speak-out-under-attack "undefined") By the Economist  [_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/4354913/americas-strong-dollar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4354913/americas-strong-dollar/"},"headline":"Don't Get Too Excited About America's Strong Dollar","datePublished":"2016-06-02T16:00:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:59:56.440Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4354913/americas-strong-dollar/","keywords":["Innovation","Foreign Policy","Economy","facebook","ADHD","free speech"],"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/4354913/americas-strong-dollar/","name":"Don't Get Too Excited About America's Strong Dollar"}}]}] ```