[pics] Putting a trillion dollars into perspective

[Dos_Box]

This is quite smart, and makes everyone's dreams of being a millionaire look shamefully under-ambitious: What does one TRILLION dollars look like? Edited June 5, 2013 by Dos_Box

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George W Bush was really concerned when he learnt that two Brazilian soldiers had been killed in Iraq.

[Arthur]

@Dos_Box. You'll love this website...

 

demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_debt/us_debt.html

 

http://i.imgur.com/94NwTtl.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/rZyz9mG.jpg

 

This is what $100 million looks like.

 

http://i.imgur.com/jJsAyWN.jpg

 

There are even more infographics like the ones above.

 

All the Gold in the World

 

http://i.imgur.com/1mZdHC2.jpg

 

All the Gold in the World (In A Cube!)

 

http://i.imgur.com/b7xJoT5.jpg

 

Total Greek Debt

 

http://i.imgur.com/JWVgdzm.jpg

[mac_shinobi]

@Arthur and @Dos_Box - you have USA & Greek Debt, curious, what does the UK Debt look like if you used similar images with UK Currency obviously.....

[Arthur]

what does the UK Debt look like if you used similar images

 

Global Crisis: A World in Debt

 

http://i.imgur.com/Fm3Rlgf.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/NWZBup3.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/ub5ZQge.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/K30amBc.jpg

 

http://i.imgur.com/SGFef9B.jpg

 

The images above are a bit out of date. The chart below has the latest figures (I think).

 

http://i.imgur.com/LLDcit3.png

Edited June 5, 2013 by Arthur