What $315 billion looks like!


	What $315 billion looks like!

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8-31-2009 8:30 AM

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9-1-2009 11:05 AM

polymath22

See also "the L Curve" video at youtube. Another great visualization.
"A wagonload of cash won't buy a wagonload of provisions"- George Washington

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One dollar is roughly 6 inches long, and 2½ inches wide. Below you can see how $360,000 dollars form a mountain of the size of a normal person. But it is only the beginning. 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