delayedflight.keikakudoori.net » Economy http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:42:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 What does 1 Trillion US Dollars look like? http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2009/09/what-does-1-trillion-us-dollars-look-like/ http://delayedflight.keikakudoori.net/blog/2009/09/what-does-1-trillion-us-dollars-look-like/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:11:51 +0000 Delayedflight http://delayedflight.wordpress.com/?p=379 We’ve been hearing about ‘stimulus’ packages, government assurances and various schemes to prop up the economies in the current economic crisis.
With that politicians are throwing around big numbers into the trillions of dollars.

So what does one trillion dollars look like?

Well someone at Pagetutor.com has decided to put it into perspective with the help of Google Sketchup.

Behold one trillion dollars US.

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But in some countries that sort of money is pocket change…

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