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| Dollars
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| Miscellaneous
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| Men's suit
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$400
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| Low-end bicycle
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$190
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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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| Dollar menu item
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$1.00
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| Daily interest on average credit card debt
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$5.63
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| Starbucks Coffee
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$2.00
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Thousands
[Expand]
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
| 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
| 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
| Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) |
$6,801
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School Prices
| 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
| 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
| Small rural house |
$100,000
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| Typical new home |
$224,910
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Health
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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:
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
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Dr. Evil
| 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
| 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
| 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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Qianlong Chinese vase
| 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
| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 |
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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 |
$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 |
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2010 midterm elections fundraising
| Democrats |
$815,000,000
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| Republicans |
$587,000,000
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2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry
| To Other |
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| To Democrats |
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| To Republicans |
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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
| 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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| 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
| 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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A billionare
| A billionare |
$1,000,000,000
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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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Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year
Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)
Per US resident
| $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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Professional rapper net worth
| 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
| 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
| 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
| Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal |
$750,000,000
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Marginal cost to launch one shuttle
| 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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| Burj Khalifa |
$1,5210,000,000
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| New Yankee Stadium |
$1,545,000,000
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| One B-2 bomber |
$2,500,000,000
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Miscellaneous
| Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) |
$2,400,000
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| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments |
$4,090,000
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| Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) |
$16,390,000
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| Minecraft sales by October 2011 |
$56,780,000
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| Large city office building |
$100,000,000
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| Annual cost to run Wikipedia |
$18,500,000
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| 30-second Super Bowl ad slot |
$3,000,000
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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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| Dubai Fountain |
$224,540,000 |
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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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Billions
[Expand]
Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue
| 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
| 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 |
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| 1997 |
Titanic |
$827,260,000 |
Yes
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| 1994 |
Lion King |
$625,810,000 |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| 1965 |
The Sound of Music |
$1,144,920,000 |
Yes
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| 1962 |
101 Dalmatians |
$1,131,310,000 |
Yes
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| 1960 |
Ben-Hur |
$561,090,000 |
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| 1957 |
The Ten Commandments |
$532,570,000 |
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| 1943 |
Bambi |
$1,391,000,000 |
Yes
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| 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
| 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
|
| To foundations |
$33,450,000,000
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| To human services |
$26,850,000,000
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| To societal benefit organizations |
$24,570,000,000
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| 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:
| 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
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 |
$25,360,000,000
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| Global health |
~12B
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| US |
~4B
|
| Developments |
~3B
|
| Grants |
~1B
|
Book publishing industry revenue
| Book publishing industry revenue |
$28,320,000,000
|
| Romance |
$1,380,000,000
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| Trade books |
$14,130,000,000
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| K-12 |
$5,570,000,000
|
| Professional |
$3,750,000,000
|
| Higher education |
$4,560,000,000
|
Video game industry revenue
| Video game industry revenue |
$48,900,000,000
|
| United States |
$18,830,000,000
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Harvard University revenue
| Tuition, donations, and fees |
$1,425,000,000
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| Investments |
$7,900,000,000
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In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.
Education
Education foundations
| Gates Foundation |
$36,700,000,000
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| INGKA Foundation |
$36,000,000,000
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| Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
$14,800,000,000
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| Ford Foundation |
$13,800,000,000
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| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
$6,100,000,000
|
Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities |
$277,570,000,000
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| Harvard |
$32,000,000,000
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| Yale |
$19,400,000,000
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| Princeton |
$17,100,000,000
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| U of Texas |
$16,610,000,000
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| Stanford |
$16,500,000,000
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| MIT |
$9,900,000,000
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| 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)
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.)
| 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
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Size of derivatives markets by year
| 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)
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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.)
| 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
| 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:
| Solar power plants |
$89,240,000,000,000
|
| Wind turbines |
$7,950,000,000,000
|
All US real estate
| 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
| Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) |
$9,120,000,000,000
|
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 |
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| 1930 |
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| 1940 |
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| 1950 |
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| 1960 |
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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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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
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