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Now do it in pennies.
Here's a trillion pennies: http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/sixteen.asp And if that's not enough, one quadrillion pennies: http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/seventeen.asp and if that's still not enough, one quintillion pennies: http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/eighteen.asp
What does one trillion dollars look like?
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Now do it in peak-of-hyperinflation Zimbabwean pennies! I'm not sure if there's enough atoms in the universe for that.
Re: What does one trillion dollars look like?
#52Very trivial (or maybe not?) to illustrate that kind of money next to one single human being. Interesting though.
Something similar - Greek's debt illustrated on trucks of cash: http://demonocracy.info/infographics/eu/debt_greek/debt_gree...
Re: What does one trillion dollars look like?
#53Iraq, more or less.
Or, just for the politics of it, almost 1/6 of the increase in the national debt up to now since President Obama took office. Just saying...
Re: What does one trillion dollars look like?
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Exactly. Since 50% of high growth companies are funded with less than $50,000, $1 trillion would fund the start of 20M young high growth companies. Fairly certain at least one of those, 20M, would have solved the financial crisis. In other related news, as of a couple of years ago, my town has a beautiful new landscaped highway median, welcoming you as you enter the city. Source: http://www.inc.com/magazine/201209/in…
>50% of high growth companies are funded with less than $50,000 What is your source for that?