What Does $1 Trillion Look Like?
Thomas CostanzoThroughout the financial crisis, huge sums of money have been spent,
handed out and lost. With talk of billions upon billions being passed
around, it’s easy to lose perspective on how much $1 trillion or even
$1 billion really is. With official measurements of American
currency from the US Bureau of Printing and Engraving and the US Mint,
here’s some perspective on what these huge sums of money would actually
look like and how they would compare to every day objects.
What would the money allocated to the TARP actually look like? How high would the AIG bonuses pile up if the bills were stacked one on top of another? How big, literally, is the National Debt?
