Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb.
- Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in 980: Money.
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Dollars
Category
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Item
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Price
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Dollar bills
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$1 Bill
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$1
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$10 Bill
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$10
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$500 Bill (William McKinley, discontinued)
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$500
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$1000 Bill (Grover Cleveland, discontinued)
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$1000
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Fruit
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Apples (one dozen)
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$5.68
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Oranges (one dozen)
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$3.08
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Fast Food
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Dollar menu item
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$1.00
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Starbucks Coffee
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$2.00
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Average US Restaurant Meals
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Average single US restaurant meal
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$35.65
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Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants
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$85.27
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Dinner for four
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Homemade rice and pinto beans
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$9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
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Homemade chicken dinner
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$13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
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McDonalds
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$27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
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Arby’s
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$34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
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Chili’s
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$69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
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Outback Steakhouse
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$109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
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Vehicles
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Low-end bicycle
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$190
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Clothes
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Men's suit
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$400
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Debt
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Daily interest on average credit card debt
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$5.63
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Daily income
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Median household daily income
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$136.28
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Taxes
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$32.16
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After-tax
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$104.12
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Game Consoles
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PS3
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$250
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Xbox 360
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$200
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Wii
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$150
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Electronics
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Kindle Fire
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$199
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Basic iPad
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$499
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iPad + 3G + a year of data
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$869
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Basic Macbook Air
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$999
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Netbook
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$249.99
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iPod Nano
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$129
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Mac Mini
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$599
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Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) |
$719.88
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Books
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Paperback book
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$6.80
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Hardcover book
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$32.27
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Audio book
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$50.42
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Kindle
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$79.00
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New video game
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$49.99
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Kindle keyboard + 3G
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$139
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Loose change
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Loose change per pound
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$12.80
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Loose change with no quarters
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$5.40
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One-gallon jug of loose change
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$270
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Loose change with no pennies
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$17.40
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Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase)
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$7.30
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Pet ownership (Based on ASPCA estimations)
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Annual cost of rabbit ownership
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$730
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Annual cost of dog ownership
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$695
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Annual cost of cat ownership
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$670
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Annual cost of fish ownership
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$35
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Annual cost of bird ownership
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$200
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Annual cost of small mammal ownership
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$300
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Cell phone bill
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Traditional cell phone average annual bill
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$928.30
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Smartphone average annual bill
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$1,320
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Worker/CEO comparison
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1965 production worker average hourly wage
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$19.61
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2007 production worker average hourly wage
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$19.71
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Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period
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$490.31
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Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period
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$5419.97
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Thousands
Typical household net worth by head of household’s age
1984 |
Age |
2009
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$11,680
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<35 years
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$3,710
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$72,090
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35-44 years
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$40,140
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$115,060
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45-54 years
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$103,040
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$149,240
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55-64 years
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$164,270
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$122,100
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>65 years
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$172,820
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Raising a child to age 17
Life class |
Price
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Upper income |
$302,860
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Middle income |
$206,920
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Lower income |
$150,380
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Vacation package from New England
Trip |
Price
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All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) |
$3,204
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Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations |
$136,020
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Typical trip from US West Coast
Trip |
Price
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Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) |
$6,801
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School Prices
School |
Price
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Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) |
$43,000
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Seven-year Hogwarts degree |
$301,000
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Average community college tuition |
$10,340 (One year $2,580)
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Average in-state university tuition |
$28,920 (One year $7,230)
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Income per capita
Country |
Price
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United States 2005 per capita income |
$32,360
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Switzerland 2005 per capita income |
$29,910
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Germany 2005 per capita income |
$27,550
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UK 2005 per capita income |
$23,240
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France 2005 per capita income |
$16,400
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China 2005 per capita income |
$3,540
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Brazil 2005 per capita income |
$5,540
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Houses
Thing |
Price
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Small rural house |
$100,000
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Typical new home |
$224,910
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Health
Thing |
Price
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Average individual health insurance annual premium |
$5,430
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Typing F-U-N-D-S |
$10,000
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A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) |
$3,050
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Waist deep half-room ball pit |
$2,400
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All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) |
$2,640
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Annual costs of cars and houses
Thing |
Price
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Annual cost of car ownership |
$3,650
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Typical annual household spending |
$5,650
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Average household CC debt |
$9,960
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Annual cost to carry that debt |
$2,090
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Typical annual housing cost for various cities
City |
Price
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NYC |
$25,416
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San Francisco |
$21,888
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Boston |
$18,216
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Los Angeles |
$17,640
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Washington DC |
$16,380
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Chicago |
$13,664
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Worcester |
$12,456
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Houston |
$11,888
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Minneapolis |
$10,908
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Detroit |
$10,080
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Salt Lake City |
$9,108
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Scranton |
$8,604
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Prince William and Kate Middleton
Thing |
Price
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Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake |
$78,000
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Kate Middleton's wedding dress |
$350,000
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Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding |
$800,000
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Value of an investment of $1,000/year
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:
Time |
Value of investment |
Real value
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1 year |
$1,000 |
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5 years |
$5,526 |
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10 years |
$12,850 |
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15 years |
$21,580 |
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20 years |
$33,070 |
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25 years |
$47,730 |
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30 years |
$66,440 |
$27,370
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30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) |
$30,000 |
$12,360
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30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) |
$56,080 |
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Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years
Car |
Price |
If gas were $10/gallon
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Honda Insight |
$27,874 |
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Toyota Prius |
$38,771 |
$48,990
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Jeep Patriot |
$35,425 |
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Honda Fit |
$28,745 |
$45,233
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BMW Z4 |
$61,312 |
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Ford Explorer |
$45,524 |
$69,076
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Toyota Camry |
$34,679 |
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smart fortwo |
$29,629 |
$45,058
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Honda CR-V |
$35,183 |
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Chevy Volt |
$42,180 |
$50,612
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Hyundai Sonata |
$34,644 |
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Ford F-150 |
$48,734 |
$77,111
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Nissan Cube |
$29,383 |
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Porsche 911 |
$91,590 |
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Typical annual household income
Percentile |
Income
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Bottom 20% |
$10,200
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Second 20% |
$24,800
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Middle 20% |
$44,400
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Fourth 20% |
$76,100
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Top 10% |
$201,100
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Top 1% |
$822,000
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Top 1/500th |
$2,080,000
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Median US household income
Median US household income |
$51,570
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After-tax |
$39,170
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Taxes |
$12,100
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Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access |
$359,790
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If I had $1000000
Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330
Item |
Price
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Furniture |
$21,160
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Plymouth Reliant |
$3,000
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Tree fort |
$15,000
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Llama |
$2,120
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Joseph Merrick's remains |
N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
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House |
$224,820
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Tiny fridge |
$99.08
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Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) |
$34.48
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Kraft Dinner (two double servings) |
$3.06
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Expensive ketchup |
$10.75
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Faux fur coat |
$198.00
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Limo ride to the store |
$186.59
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Total lifetime income
Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000
Miscellaneous
Item |
Price
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Cancer treatment including chemo |
$117,260
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Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) |
$2,863
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Daily sales of Minecraft |
$193,500
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Golden Opulence ice cream sundae |
$1,000
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Average smartphone annual cost |
$1,320
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Average used car |
$8,910
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Average new car |
$27,230
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High-end bicycle |
$1,500
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One Starbucks latte per day |
$1.820
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Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight |
$200,000
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Millions
Dr. Evil
Thing |
Price
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Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world |
$6,630,000
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Amount he was actually demanding |
$1,380,000
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William and Kates wedding
Thing |
Price
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Flowers |
$800,000
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Security |
$20,000,000
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Total cost |
$800,000,000
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$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes
Thing |
Price
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50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes |
$1,500,000
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Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5.000 miles |
$3,270,000
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Rare Items
Thing |
Price
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Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 |
$83,710,000
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Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) |
$45,930,000
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Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible |
$34,610,000
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Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) |
$9,330,000
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Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) |
$2,780,000
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1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I |
$21,890,000
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Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) |
$250,000,000
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Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) |
$168,780,000
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Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) |
$153,440,000
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Airbus A380 |
$264,000,000
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Mona Lisa assessed value |
$730,660,000
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Prizes
Amount 1 |
Year 1 |
Show/Movie |
Amount Today
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$64,000
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1955
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The $64,000 Question
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$528,310
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£1,000,000
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1998
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
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$2,270,000
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$1,000,000
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1999
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
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$1,330,000
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$1,000,000
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1955
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The Millionaire (TV Show)
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$8,250,000
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$1,000,000
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1931
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The Millionaire (Movie)
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$14,530,000
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Bitcoins
Thing |
Price
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Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 |
$22,819,797
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Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price |
$210,000,000
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Elections
Thing |
Price
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2012 presidential fundraising |
$188,260,000
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Person |
Funds raised
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Herman Cain |
$5,380,000
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Jon Huntsman |
$4,510,000
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Michele Bachmann |
$9,870,000
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Ron Paul |
$12,790,000
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Rick Perry |
$17,200,000
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Mitt Romney |
$32,610,000
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Barack Obama |
$88,420,000
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Other |
$17,480,000
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Person |
Funds raised
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2008 presidential campaign fundraising |
$1,860,390,000
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Excluding candidate Lee L. Mercer, Jr of Houston, who claimed, in his combined FEC filings, |
$900,005,507 in fundraising and $900,006,431 in campaign spending.
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Ron Paul |
$32,480,000
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John Edwards |
$64,410,000
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Rudy Giuliani |
$66,520,000
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Mitt Romney |
$116,730,000
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Barack Obama |
$799,670,000
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John McCain |
$394,280,000
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Hilary Clinton |
$259,050,000
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Other |
$127,250,00
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Person |
Funds raised
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2004 presidential campaign fundraising |
$1,006,810,000
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Howard Dean |
$61,620,000
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Wesley Clark |
$34,610,000
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John Edwards |
$39,310,000
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John Kerry |
$352,090,000
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George W. Bush |
$429,660,000
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Other |
$89,520,000
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Person |
Funds raised
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2000 presidential campaign fundraising |
$805,120,000
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Pat Buchanan |
$37,440,000
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John McCain |
$75,180,000
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Bill Bradley |
$65,680,000
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Steve Forbes |
$114,400,000 *The Money Chart incorrectly reads $11,440,000
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Al Gore |
$170,520,000
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George W. Bush |
$247,100,000
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Other |
$94,800,000
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2010 midterm elections fundraising
Party |
Funds raised
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Democrats |
$815,000,000
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Republicans |
$587,000,000
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2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry
Party |
Funds donated
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To Other |
$16,000,000 approximately
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To Democrats |
$146,000,000 approximately
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To Republicans |
$145,000,000 approximately
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Party |
Funds donated
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Finance industry |
$122,900,000
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Organized labor |
$18,720,000
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Energy industry |
$26,680,000
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Lawyers and general lobbyists |
$57,590,000
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Health industry |
$42,727,000
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Electronics and communication industry |
$32,420,000
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Inaugurations
Thing |
Price
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Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration |
$174,100,000
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Festivities (private donors) |
$46,400,000
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Federal + state + local government (mainly security) |
$127,700,000
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Thing |
Price
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George Bush’s 2005 inauguration |
$178,600,000
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Festivities (private donors) |
$47,800,000
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Federal + state + local government (mainly security) |
$130,800,000
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Past presidential campaign fundraising
Campaign Year |
Funds raised
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1996 |
$559,810,000
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1992 |
$521,480,000
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1988 |
$606,300,000
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1984 |
$429,860,000
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1980 |
$434,220,000
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1976 |
$664,160,000
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Millionaires
Item |
Price
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Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth |
$304,000,000
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Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth |
$294,000,000
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John Kerry (D-MA) net worth |
$239,000,000
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Mitt Romney net worth |
$210,000,000
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Jon Huntsmann net worth |
$40,000,000
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Average net worth of US senator |
$13,400,000
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Average net worth of US representative |
$4,900,000
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A billionare |
$1,000,000,000
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Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year
Year |
Value
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1970 |
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1980 |
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1990 |
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2000 |
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2010 |
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Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)
Year |
Value
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1970 |
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1980 |
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1990 |
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2000 |
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2010 |
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Per US resident
Item |
Value |
Notes
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$1 per US resident |
$312,620,000 |
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$1 per US household |
$117,290,000 |
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$10 from every US resident |
$3,326,000,000 |
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$10 from every US household |
$1,179,180,000 |
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Amount needed to live comfortably off investments |
$4,090,000
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EPA value of a human life |
$8,120,000
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Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) |
$29,870,000
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Raptors
Item |
Price |
Notes
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One F-22 raptor |
$154,500,000 |
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One velociraptor |
$1,9300,000 |
(25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
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Professional rapper net worth
Rapper |
Net worth
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50 Cent |
$100,000,000
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50 Cent (stage name) |
$0.50
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50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) |
$0.70
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Birdman |
$100,000,000
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Dr Dre |
$125,000,000
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Jay-Z |
$450,000,000
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Diddy |
$475,000,000
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J.K. Rowling
Item |
Value |
Notes
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J.K. Rowlinng |
$1,000,000,000 |
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J. K. Rowling had she become a rapper |
$82,000 |
Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
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Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding
Item |
Price
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Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding |
$20,000,000
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Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 |
$440,000,000
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Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances |
$700,000,000
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Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal
Item |
Price
|
Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal |
$750,000,000
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Vehicles
Item |
Price
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Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) |
$2,400,000
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Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) |
$16,390,000
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Marginal cost to launch one shuttle |
$450,000,000
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Total shuttle program per launch |
$450,000,000
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One B-2 bomber |
$2,500,000,000
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Structures
Item |
Price
|
Large city office building |
$100,000,000
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Dubai Fountain |
$224,540,000
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Burj Khalifa |
$1,5210,000,000
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New Yankee Stadium |
$1,545,000,000
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Miscellaneous
Item |
Price
|
30-second Super Bowl ad slot |
$3,000,000
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Annual cost to run Wikipedia |
$18,500,000
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Minecraft sales by October 2011 |
$56,780,000
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Billions
Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue
Item |
Value
|
Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue |
$21,000,000,000
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Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 |
$22,000,000,000
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Box office revenue
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's Avatar
Year |
Movie |
Revenue |
Highlighted
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2009 |
Avatar |
$783,510,000 |
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2008 |
The Dark Knight |
$547,520,000 |
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2003 |
Shrek 3 |
$516,610,000 |
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1999 |
The Phantom Menace |
$572,000,000 |
|
1997 |
Titanic |
$827,260,000 |
Yes
|
1994 |
Lion King |
$625,810,000 |
|
1993 |
Jurassic Park |
$625,810,000 |
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1984 |
Ghostbusters |
$507,720,000 |
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1983 |
Return of the Jedi |
$686,710,000 |
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1982 |
E.T. |
$996,580,000 |
Yes
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1980 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
$778,530,000 |
|
1977 |
Star Wars |
$1,681,000,000 |
Yes
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1975 |
Jaws |
$1,067,510,000 |
Yes
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1973 |
The Exorcist |
$1,019,000,000 |
Yes
|
1965 |
The Sound of Music |
$1,144,920,000 |
Yes
|
1962 |
101 Dalmatians |
$1,131,310,000 |
Yes
|
1960 |
Ben-Hur |
$561,090,000 |
|
1957 |
The Ten Commandments |
$532,570,000 |
|
1943 |
Bambi |
$1,391,000,000 |
Yes
|
1942 |
Fantasia |
$1,146,000,000 |
Yes
|
1940 |
Gone with the Wind |
$3,157,000,000 |
Yes
|
1938 |
Snow White |
$2,841,700,000 |
Yes
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Charity
Area |
Amount given
|
US annual charitable giving |
$294,850,000,000
|
To religious organizations |
$102,000,000,000
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To educational organizations |
$42,240,000,000
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To foundations |
$33,450,000,000
|
To human services |
$26,850,000,000
|
To societal benefit organizations |
$24,570,000,000
|
To health organizations |
$23,140,000,000
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To international affairs |
$15,980,000,000
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To arts and culture |
$13,460,000,000
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To animals and environment |
$6,750,000,000
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Type of giving:
Type |
Amount given
|
Individual giving |
$214,650,000,000
|
Foundation grantmaking |
$41,560,000,000
|
Bequests |
$23,140,000,000
|
Corporate giving |
$15,500,000,000
|
Gates Foundation total giving since 1994
Area |
Amount given
|
Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 |
$25,360,000,000
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Global health |
~12B
|
US |
~4B
|
Developments |
~3B
|
Grants |
~1B
|
Book publishing industry revenue
Genre |
Revenue
|
Book publishing industry revenue |
$28,320,000,000
|
Romance |
$1,380,000,000
|
Trade books |
$14,130,000,000
|
K-12 |
$5,570,000,000
|
Professional |
$3,750,000,000
|
Higher education |
$4,560,000,000
|
Video game industry revenue
Area |
Revenue
|
Video game industry revenue |
$48,900,000,000
|
United States |
$18,830,000,000
|
Harvard University revenue
Area |
Revenue
|
Tuition, donations, and fees |
$1,425,000,000
|
Investments |
$7,900,000,000
|
In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.
Education
Education foundations
Foundation |
Amount given
|
Gates Foundation |
$36,700,000,000
|
INGKA Foundation |
$36,000,000,000
|
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
$14,800,000,000
|
Ford Foundation |
$13,800,000,000
|
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
$6,100,000,000
|
Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities
University |
Endowments
|
Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities |
$277,570,000,000
|
Harvard |
$32,000,000,000
|
Yale |
$19,400,000,000
|
Princeton |
$17,100,000,000
|
U of Texas |
$16,610,000,000
|
Stanford |
$16,500,000,000
|
MIT |
$9,900,000,000
|
Columbia |
$7,800,000,000
|
U of Michigan |
$7,800,000,000
|
Texas A&M |
$7,030,000,000
|
Northwestern |
$7,030,000,000
|
Corporate revenue
US health care spending
Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies
The Economic Vortex
Billionaires
Corporations
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)
Company |
Value
|
Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) |
$2,940,000,000,000
|
Apple |
$358,310,000,000
|
ExxonMobil |
$357,910,000,000
|
PetroChina |
$280,160,000,000
|
IBM |
$211,640,000,000
|
Microsoft |
$211,340,000,000
|
Bank of China |
$208,810,000,000
|
China Mobile |
$201,510,000,000
|
Royal Dutch Shell |
$199,780,000,000
|
Nestle |
$193,700,000,000
|
Chevron |
$188,030,000,000
|
Facebook 2011 valuation |
$70,000,000,000
|
AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase |
$39,000,000,000
|
Facebook 2010 valuation |
$33,450,000,000
|
Zynga 2011 valuation |
$14,000,000,000
|
LivingSocial 2011 valuation |
$2,980,000,000
|
US household income
Cost to buy the world a coke
Item |
Cost
|
Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) |
$2,240,000,000
|
Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget |
$2,980,000,000
|
Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) |
$840,000,000,000
|
State government spending
[map without amounts]
Total US states' debt |
$46,000,000,000
|
US foreign military aid
US foreign military aid
Area |
Amount
|
Total |
$11,010,000,000
|
Afghanistan |
$5,800,000,000
|
Israel |
$2,410,000,000
|
Egypt |
$1,320,000,000
|
Other |
$5,800,000,000
|
US foreign humanitarian and economic aid
Area |
Amount
|
Total |
$11,010,000,000
|
Iraq and Afghanistan |
$5,370,000,000
|
West Bank and Ghana |
$1,050,000,000
|
Africa (total) |
$8,850,000,000
|
Other |
$19,130,000,000
|
Ft. Knox gold reserves
Item |
Value
|
Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) |
$245,900,000,000
|
Unclaimed US treasury bonds |
$16,000,000,000
|
All the tea in China |
$4,210,000,000
|
Corporate tax deduction
(Note: some of the corporate deductions are very technical, and even with the help of a technical accountant, I had trouble making sense of them. The text below is my best attempt at an English interpretation of the legalese.)
Area |
Deductions
|
Corporate tax deduction |
$125,180,000,000
|
Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income |
$3,240,000,000
|
Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) |
$21,390,000,000
|
Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment |
$24,390,000,000
|
Clean energy, space, science, and tech R&D |
$13,900,000,000
|
Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance |
$6,800,000,000
|
Foreign corporation income financing rules |
$13,680,000,000
|
Individual tax deductions
Federal spending
Disasters
Cost of electricity
BP oil spill claims fund
New York CIty
Megaprojects
Federal budget
Budget options
Stimulus spending
US Spending on Wars
Bailouts
Trillions
Size of derivatives markets by year
Year |
Size of market
|
1988 |
$3,090,000,000,000
|
1995 |
$26,690,000,000,000
|
2001 |
$86,390,000,000,000
|
2005 |
$227,260,000,000,000
|
2009 |
$439,000,000,000,000
|
Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)
Year |
Size of market
|
2001 |
$1,150,000,000,000
|
2005 |
$19,350,000,000,000
|
2007 |
$66,280,000,000,000
|
2009 |
$31,350,000,000,000
|
US household net worth
Item |
Worth
|
US household |
$58,740,000,000,000
|
Poorer half |
$1,470,000,000,000
|
Richer half |
$57,270,000,000,000
|
Richest 1% |
$19,620,000,000,000
|
Total debt in the US
Item |
Worth
|
Total debt in the US |
$36,580,000,000,000
|
State and local government |
$2,500,000,000,000
|
Household |
$13,560,000,000,000
|
Federal government |
$9,510,000,000,000
|
Business |
$10,980,000,000,000
|
World GDP
Area |
GDP
|
World |
$62,900,000,000,000
|
North America |
$17,850,000,000,000
|
United States |
$14,530,000,000,000
|
South America |
$3,070,000,000,000
|
EU |
$16,240,000,000,000
|
Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) |
$20,130,000,000,000
|
Africa |
$1,610,000,000,000
|
Asia |
$17,530,000,000,000
|
Oceania |
$1,310,000,000,000
|
Total public debt
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
Area |
Debt |
Notes
|
EU (total) |
$13,340,000,000,000 |
|
United States |
$10,200,000,000,000 |
(Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
|
Japan |
$8,630,000,000,000 |
|
Germany |
$2,480,000,000,000 |
|
Italy |
$2,140,000,000,000 |
|
India |
$2,140,000,000,000 |
|
China |
$1,907,000,000,000 |
|
France |
$1,767,000,000,000 |
|
United Kingdom |
$1,654,000,000,000 |
|
Brazil |
$1,281,000,000,000 |
|
Canada |
$1,130,000,000,000 |
|
Spain |
$834,210,000,000 |
|
Mexico |
$584,860,000,000 |
|
Greece |
$460,180,000,000 |
|
Energy reserves
Type of energy |
World total proven [type] reserves |
US Reserves
|
Oil |
$131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) |
$20,580,000,000,000
|
Coal |
$72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) |
$20,020,000,000,000
|
Natural gas |
$21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) |
$930,470,000,000
|
Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:
Thing |
Value
|
Solar power plants |
$89,240,000,000,000
|
Wind turbines |
$7,950,000,000,000
|
All US real estate
Type |
Value
|
All |
$28,380,000,000,000
|
Home |
$23,010,000,000,000
|
Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) |
$5,370,000,000,000
|
Value of all gold ever mined
Item |
Value
|
Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) |
$9,120,000,000,000
|
Liquid Assets
Item |
Value
|
World Total Liquid Assets |
$77,000,000,000,000
|
GDP by year
Year |
GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) |
GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) |
US federal government
|
1920 |
|
|
|
1930 |
|
|
|
1940 |
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
|
1970 |
|
|
|
1980 |
|
|
|
1990 |
|
|
|
2000 |
|
|
|
2010 |
|
|
|
Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)
Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) |
$2,396,950,000,000,000
|