Do you know what a trillion dollars looks like? We've seen plenty of billions of dollars thrown around in recent years, and lately are hearing talk of budget deficits in the trillions of dollars.
Assuming stacks of $100 bills, this PowerPoint file shows what a million, billion, and eventually--what a trillion dollars looks like. (Imagine if the stacks were single dollars!) Feel free to point others to this blog and to this PowerPoint file. If the PowerPoint format doesn't work out well for you, check out the web format of this presentation at pagetutor.com is posted here.
I think it helps to visualize what these huge numbers actually mean. After all, the gross domestic product of the entire American economy only makes up 13 to 14 of these trillion dollar piles in a given year!
(Note: I generally give credit for anything mentioned in this blog space, but was entirely unable to track down the original source for this PowerPoint file. If anyone can find the author/source of this file, please let me know so I can give proper credit.)
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