As Rob pointed out to us earlier, we should all know something about the currently unfunded liabilities of Medicare and Social Security; they number in trillions of dollars. But what does a trillion dollars look like, in tightly stacked $100 bill packets? Pagetutor gives us a clue!
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Extra Visual of the Day - Large numbers
As Rob pointed out to us earlier, we should all know something about the currently unfunded liabilities of Medicare and Social Security; they number in trillions of dollars. But what does a trillion dollars look like, in tightly stacked $100 bill packets? Pagetutor gives us a clue!
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So what would the entire U.S. GNP look like?
ReplyDeleteTo get US GNP you would have to raise the stack in the bottom image 14 times higher.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, the resulting amount - US GNP of about 14 trillion USD - would then account for 25% of the total output of the entire world.
Very nice. Thank you.
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