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Below are five tables listing the prices of the items in [[980: Money]].
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*Here below are five sections with tables listing the prices of several items in [[980: Money]].
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*This is still work in progress.
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**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Dollars|Dollars]]
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**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Thousands|Thousands]]
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**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Millions|Millions]]
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**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Billions|Billions]]
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**[[980: Money/Prices in tables#Trillions|Trillions]]
  
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{{incomplete|''So'' disorganized. If you can organize this, please do. Many items are missing from the Billions and Trillions sections.  Also we need someone to double-check the values, please.}}
 
==Dollars==
 
==Dollars==
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
  ! Category
 
  ! Category
 
  ! Item
 
  ! Item
 
  ! Price
 
  ! Price
! Notes
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="5"|Dollar bills
 
  ! rowspan="5"|Dollar bills
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  | $1 Bill
 
  | $1 Bill
 
  | $1
 
  | $1
| $1 = $1{{Citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | $10 Bill
 
  | $10 Bill
 
  | $10
 
  | $10
| Ten dollars are equal to ten dollars.{{Citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | $500 Bill (William McKinley, discontinued)
 
  | $500 Bill (William McKinley, discontinued)
 
  | $500
 
  | $500
| Discontinued bills [https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2015/06/11/how-much-is-a-500-bill-worth.aspx might be worth more than their original value] but can still be used as normal currency worth its designated value (in this case $500).
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | $1000 Bill (Grover Cleveland, discontinued)
 
  | $1000 Bill (Grover Cleveland, discontinued)
 
  | $1000
 
  | $1000
| Discontinued bill, see above.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Fruit
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Fruit
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  | Apples (one dozen)  
 
  | Apples (one dozen)  
 
  | $5.68
 
  | $5.68
| The price has since [https://www.in2013dollars.com/Apples/price-inflation/2011-to-2021?amount=1.31 risen due to inflation].
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Oranges (one dozen)
 
  | Oranges (one dozen)
 
  | $3.08
 
  | $3.08
| The price of oranges has since [https://www.in2013dollars.com/Oranges,-including-tangerines/price-inflation/2011-to-2021?amount=1.44 risen due to inflation].
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Fast Food
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Fast Food
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Dollar Menu item
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  | Dollar menu item
 
  | $1.00
 
  | $1.00
| Most dollar menus cost one dollar,{{Citation needed}} hence the name.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Starbucks Coffee
 
  | Starbucks Coffee
 
  | $2.00
 
  | $2.00
| Ten years later, one might for that price get a <s>small</s> [https://realmenuprices.com/starbucks-menu-prices/ tall freshly brewed coffee].
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Average US Restaurant Meals
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Average US Restaurant Meals
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  | Average single US restaurant meal
 
  | Average single US restaurant meal
 
  | $35.65
 
  | $35.65
| According to [https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zagat-2012-americas-top-restaurants-survey-reveals-81-of-diners-support-posting-health-letter-grades-132507138.html Zagat's 2012 restaurant survey].
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants
 
  | Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants
 
  | $85.27
 
  | $85.27
| According to [https://money.cnn.com/2005/12/22/pf/meals_averagecost/ a 2005 Zagat survey].
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="7"|Dinner for four
 
  ! rowspan="7"|Dinner for four
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Homemade rice and pinto beans
 
  | Homemade rice and pinto beans
  | $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, preparation, and cleanup: $41.80)
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  | $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
| From [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2011/09/24/opinion/sunday/20110925_BITTMAN_MARSHgph.html?ref=sunday this infographic] made for [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/opinion/sunday/is-junk-food-really-cheaper.html this NYT article] (paywall). Time cost at a rate of $16.27/hr ''maybe'' from [https://independentsector.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/value-of-volunteer-time-state-historical-2001-2019.pdf this source for value of volunteer hours].{{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Homemade chicken dinner
 
  | Homemade chicken dinner
  | $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, preparation, and cleanup: $46.32)
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  | $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
| Same sources as above.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | McDonalds
 
  | McDonalds
 
  | $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
 
  | $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
| Same sources as above.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Arby’s
 
  | Arby’s
 
  | $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
 
  | $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
| Same value as above for time cost. Base cost ''possibly'' from personal experience.{{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Chili’s
 
  | Chili’s
 
  | $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
 
  | $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
| Same as Arby's.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Outback Steakhouse
 
  | Outback Steakhouse
 
  | $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
 
  | $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)
| Same as Arby's.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="2"|Vehicles
 
  ! rowspan="2"|Vehicles
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  | Low-end bicycle
 
  | Low-end bicycle
 
  | $190
 
  | $190
| [https://www.google.com/search?q=low-end+bicycle+price A quick google search] will tell us that this is still a fairly realistic price.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="2"|Clothes
 
  ! rowspan="2"|Clothes
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  | Men's suit
 
  | Men's suit
 
  | $400
 
  | $400
| [https://www.google.com/search?q=men's+suit+price A quick google search] will tell us that this is a fairly realistic price, although much cheaper suits exist.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="2"|Debt
 
  ! rowspan="2"|Debt
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  | Daily interest on average credit card debt
 
  | Daily interest on average credit card debt
 
  | $5.63
 
  | $5.63
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="4"|Daily income
 
  ! rowspan="4"|Daily income
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  | Median household daily income
 
  | Median household daily income
 
  | $136.28
 
  | $136.28
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Taxes
 
  | Taxes
 
  | $32.16
 
  | $32.16
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | After-tax
 
  | After-tax
 
  | $104.12
 
  | $104.12
| The taxes subtracted from the median household daily income.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="4"|Game Consoles
 
  ! rowspan="4"|Game Consoles
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  | PS3
 
  | PS3
 
  | $250
 
  | $250
| [https://www.google.com/search?q=playstation+3+price A quick google search] will tell us that their demand has decreased significantly since other consoles (PS4, PS5) were released and there are no more new games being developed for the Playstation 3.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Xbox 360
 
  | Xbox 360
 
  | $200
 
  | $200
| [https://www.google.com/search?q=xbox+360+price A quick google search] will tell us that their demand has decreased significantly since other consoles (Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S) were released and there are no more new games being developed for the Xbox 360.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Wii
 
  | Wii
 
  | $150
 
  | $150
| [https://www.google.com/search?q=nintendo+wii+price A quick google search] will tell us that their demand has decreased significantly since other consoles (Wii U, Nintendo Switch) were released and there are no more new games being developed for the Nintendo Wii.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="9"|Electronics
 
  ! rowspan="9"|Electronics
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  | Kindle Fire
 
  | Kindle Fire
 
  | $199
 
  | $199
| Like video game consoles, other electronics such as Ebook readers become cheaper over time due to release of newer models and obsolescence.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Basic iPad
 
  | Basic iPad
 
  | $499
 
  | $499
| Like video game consoles, other electronics such as iPads become cheaper over time due to release of newer models and obsolescence.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | iPad + 3G + a year of data
 
  | iPad + 3G + a year of data
 
  | $869
 
  | $869
| For the iPad, see above. 3G internet is being gradually phased out across the world ([https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/10/22/wireless-service-3-g-shutdown-coming-soon/8538388002/ USofA], [https://blog.telegeography.com/3gs-sun-is-setting-in-europe Europe]), so it may not be possible to buy. (Information as of December 2021)
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Basic Macbook Air
 
  | Basic Macbook Air
 
  | $999
 
  | $999
| Like video game consoles, other electronics such as laptops become cheaper over time due to release of newer models and obsolescence.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Netbook
 
  | Netbook
 
  | $249.99
 
  | $249.99
| Like video game consoles, other electronics such as laptops become cheaper over time due to release of newer models and obsolescence.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | iPod Nano
 
  | iPod Nano
 
  | $129
 
  | $129
| Like video game consoles, other electronics such as music players become cheaper over time due to release of newer models and obsolescence.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Mac Mini
 
  | Mac Mini
 
  | $599
 
  | $599
| Like video game consoles, other electronics such as desktop computers become cheaper over time due to release of newer models and obsolescence.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month)
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  | Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) || $719.88
| $719.88
 
| Comcast has since changed its name to Xfinity. [Xfinity's website](https://xfinity.com/learn/deals/internet) has internet starting at $25/month or $300/yr, a significant decrease.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="7"|Books
 
  ! rowspan="7"|Books
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  | Paperback book
 
  | Paperback book
 
  | $6.80
 
  | $6.80
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Hardcover book
 
  | Hardcover book
 
  | $32.27
 
  | $32.27
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Audio book
 
  | Audio book
 
  | $50.42
 
  | $50.42
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle]
 
  | [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I15SB16/ref=r_kdia_h_i_gl Kindle]
 
  | $79.00
 
  | $79.00
| The price of a Kindle ranges from 24$ up to a little over 300$, depending on the model.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | New video game
 
  | New video game
 
  | $49.99
 
  | $49.99
| During the seventh generation of video games, most games for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 home consoles would release for $59.99, while games for the handheld Nintendo DS would retail for $39.99{{Actual citation needed}}. Randall appears to be averaging the two numbers.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Kindle keyboard + 3G
 
  | Kindle keyboard + 3G
 
  | $139
 
  | $139
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Loose change
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Loose change
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Loose change value per pound
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  | Loose change per pound
 
  | $12.80
 
  | $12.80
| The chart depicts 12 blocks instead of 13.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Loose change with no quarters
 
  | Loose change with no quarters
 
  | $5.40
 
  | $5.40
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | One-gallon jug of loose change
 
  | One-gallon jug of loose change
 
  | $270
 
  | $270
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Loose change with no pennies
 
  | Loose change with no pennies
 
  | $17.40
 
  | $17.40
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase)
 
  | Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase)
 
  | $7.30
 
  | $7.30
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="7"|Pet ownership (Based on ASPCA estimations)
 
  ! rowspan="7"|Pet ownership (Based on ASPCA estimations)
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  | Annual cost of rabbit ownership
 
  | Annual cost of rabbit ownership
 
  | $730
 
  | $730
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual cost of dog ownership
 
  | Annual cost of dog ownership
 
  | $695
 
  | $695
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual cost of cat ownership
 
  | Annual cost of cat ownership
 
  | $670
 
  | $670
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual cost of fish ownership
 
  | Annual cost of fish ownership
 
  | $35
 
  | $35
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual cost of bird ownership
 
  | Annual cost of bird ownership
 
  | $200
 
  | $200
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual cost of small mammal ownership
 
  | Annual cost of small mammal ownership
 
  | $300
 
  | $300
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Cell phone bill
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  ! rowspan="3"|Cell phone bill
|-
 
| Traditional cell phone average monthly fee
 
| $77.36
 
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Traditional cell phone average annual bill
 
  | Traditional cell phone average annual bill
 
  | $928.30
 
  | $928.30
| Slightly less than the cell phone average monthly fee time 12, which would be $928.32.
 
|-
 
| Smartphone average monthly fee
 
| $110.30
 
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Smartphone average annual bill
 
  | Smartphone average annual bill
 
  | $1,320
 
  | $1,320
| Smartphone average annual bill times 12 rounded down. (The actual amount works out to $1,323.60)
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="5"|Worker/CEO comparison
 
  ! rowspan="5"|Worker/CEO comparison
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  | 1965 production worker average hourly wage
 
  | 1965 production worker average hourly wage
 
  | $19.61
 
  | $19.61
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 2007 production worker average hourly wage
 
  | 2007 production worker average hourly wage
 
  | $19.71
 
  | $19.71
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period
 
  | Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period
 
  | $490.31
 
  | $490.31
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period
 
  | Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period
  | $5,419.97
+
  | $5419.97
| {{Actual citation needed}}
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
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</div>
  
 
==Thousands==
 
==Thousands==
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<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
  ! Category
 
  ! Category
 
  ! Item
 
  ! Item
 
  ! Price
 
  ! Price
! Notes
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Typical household net worth by head of household’s age in 1984
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Typical household net worth by head of household’s age in 1984
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  | <35 years
 
  | <35 years
 
  | $11,680
 
  | $11,680
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 35-44 years
 
  | 35-44 years
 
  | $72,090
 
  | $72,090
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 45-54 years
 
  | 45-54 years
 
  | $115,060
 
  | $115,060
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 55-64 years
 
  | 55-64 years
 
  | $149,240
 
  | $149,240
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | >65 years
 
  | >65 years
 
  | $122,100
 
  | $122,100
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Typical household net worth by head of household’s age in 2009
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Typical household net worth by head of household’s age in 2009
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  | <35 years
 
  | <35 years
 
  | $3,710
 
  | $3,710
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 35-44 years
 
  | 35-44 years
 
  | $40,140
 
  | $40,140
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 45-54 years
 
  | 45-54 years
 
  | $103,040
 
  | $103,040
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 55-64 years
 
  | 55-64 years
 
  | $164,270
 
  | $164,270
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | >65 years
 
  | >65 years
 
  | $172,820
 
  | $172,820
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="4"|Raising a child to age 17
 
  ! rowspan="4"|Raising a child to age 17
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  | Upper income  
 
  | Upper income  
 
  | $302,860
 
  | $302,860
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Middle income
 
  | Middle income
 
  | $206,920
 
  | $206,920
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Lower income   
 
  | Lower income   
 
  | $150,380
 
  | $150,380
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="5"|Vacations
 
  !rowspan="5"|Vacations
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  | All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort from New England (incl. flights)
 
  | All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort from New England (incl. flights)
 
  | $3,204
 
  | $3,204
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations
 
  | Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations
 
  | $136,020
 
  | $136,020
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two from US West Coast (incl. flights)
 
  | Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two from US West Coast (incl. flights)
 
  | $6,801
 
  | $6,801
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two from US West Coast incl. flights)
 
  | Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two from US West Coast incl. flights)
 
  | $2,863
 
  | $2,863
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="5"|School Prices
 
  !rowspan="5"|School Prices
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  | Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition)
 
  | Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition)
 
  | $43,000
 
  | $43,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Seven-year Hogwarts degree
 
  | Seven-year Hogwarts degree
 
  | $301,000
 
  | $301,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Average community college tuition
 
  | Average community college tuition
 
  | $10,340  (One year $2,580)
 
  | $10,340  (One year $2,580)
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Average in-state university tuition
 
  | Average in-state university tuition
 
  | $28,920  (One year $7,230)
 
  | $28,920  (One year $7,230)
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="8"|Income per capita (2005)
 
  !rowspan="8"|Income per capita (2005)
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  | United States 2005 per capita income
 
  | United States 2005 per capita income
 
  | $32,360
 
  | $32,360
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Switzerland 2005 per capita income
 
  | Switzerland 2005 per capita income
 
  | $29,910
 
  | $29,910
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Germany 2005 per capita income
 
  | Germany 2005 per capita income
 
  | $27,550
 
  | $27,550
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | UK 2005 per capita income
 
  | UK 2005 per capita income
 
  | $23,240
 
  | $23,240
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | France 2005 per capita income
 
  | France 2005 per capita income
 
  | $16,400
 
  | $16,400
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | China 2005 per capita income
 
  | China 2005 per capita income
 
  | $3,540
 
  | $3,540
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Brazil 2005 per capita income
 
  | Brazil 2005 per capita income
 
  | $5,540
 
  | $5,540
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="3"|Houses
 
  !rowspan="3"|Houses
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  | Small rural house
 
  | Small rural house
 
  | $100,000
 
  | $100,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Typical new home
 
  | Typical new home
 
  | $224,910
 
  | $224,910
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="3"|Health
 
  !rowspan="3"|Health
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  | Average individual health insurance annual premium
 
  | Average individual health insurance annual premium
 
  | $5,430
 
  | $5,430
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Cancer treatment including chemo
 
  | Cancer treatment including chemo
 
  | $117,260
 
  | $117,260
| The chart depicts 115 blocks instead of 117.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="8"|Annual Household Costs
 
  !rowspan="8"|Annual Household Costs
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  | A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ)
 
  | A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ)
 
  | $3,050
 
  | $3,050
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | One Starbucks latte per day
 
  | One Starbucks latte per day
  | $1,820
+
  | $1,820  
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Average smartphone annual cost
 
  | Average smartphone annual cost
 
  | $1,320
 
  | $1,320
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual cost of car ownership
 
  | Annual cost of car ownership
 
  | $3,650
 
  | $3,650
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Typical annual household food spending
+
  | Typical annual household spending
 
  | $5,650
 
  | $5,650
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Average household CC debt
 
  | Average household CC debt
 
  | $9,960
 
  | $9,960
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Annual cost to carry that debt
 
  | Annual cost to carry that debt
  | $2,090
+
  |$2,090
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  !rowspan="13"|Typical annual housing cost for various cities (based on military's Basic Allowance for Housing for an E1 servicemember with no dependents)
+
  !rowspan="13"|Typical annual housing costs
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | NYC
 
  | NYC
 
  | $25,416
 
  | $25,416
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | San Francisco
 
  | San Francisco
 
  | $21,888
 
  | $21,888
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Boston
 
  | Boston
 
  | $18,216
 
  | $18,216
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Los Angeles
 
  | Los Angeles
 
  | $17,640
 
  | $17,640
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Washington DC
 
  | Washington DC
 
  | $16,380
 
  | $16,380
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Chicago
 
  | Chicago
 
  | $13,664
 
  | $13,664
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Worcester
 
  | Worcester
 
  | $12,456
 
  | $12,456
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Houston
 
  | Houston
 
  | $11,888
 
  | $11,888
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Minneapolis
 
  | Minneapolis
 
  | $10,908
 
  | $10,908
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Detroit
 
  | Detroit
 
  | $10,080
 
  | $10,080
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Salt Lake City
 
  | Salt Lake City
 
  | $9,108
 
  | $9,108
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Scranton
 
  | Scranton
 
  | $8,604
 
  | $8,604
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="4"|Prince William and Kate Middleton's Wedding
 
  !rowspan="4"|Prince William and Kate Middleton's Wedding
Line 508: Line 401:
 
  | Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake
 
  | Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake
 
  | $78,000
 
  | $78,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Kate Middleton's wedding dress
 
  | Kate Middleton's wedding dress
 
  | $350,000
 
  | $350,000
| This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $375,000.
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding
 
  | Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding
 
  | $800,000
 
  | $800,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="10"|Value of an investment of $1,000/year  
 
  !rowspan="10"|Value of an investment of $1,000/year  
(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest
+
(NOT accounting for inflation) for 30 years with 5% annual interest
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1 year
 
  | 1 year
 
  | $1,000
 
  | $1,000
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | 5 years
 
  | 5 years
 
  | $5,526
 
  | $5,526
|
 
 
  |-   
 
  |-   
 
  | 10 years
 
  | 10 years
 
  | $12,850
 
  | $12,850
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 15 years
 
  | 15 years
 
  | $21,580
 
  | $21,580
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 20 years
 
  | 20 years
 
  | $33,070
 
  | $33,070
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | 25 years
 
  | 25 years
 
  | $47,730
 
  | $47,730
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 30 years
 
  | 30 years
 
  | $66,440
 
  | $66,440
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress)
 
  | 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress)
 
  | $30,000
 
  | $30,000
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
  | 30 years ($1,000/yr at a 4% real return (long-term stock + dividend average)
+
  | 30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average)
 
  | $56,080
 
  | $56,080
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="3"|Value of investment (accounting for inflation)
 
  !rowspan="3"|Value of investment (accounting for inflation)
Line 561: Line 442:
 
  | 30 years
 
  | 30 years
 
  | $27,370
 
  | $27,370
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress)
 
  | 30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress)
 
  | $12,360
 
  | $12,360
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="4"|Average Vehicle Costs
 
  !rowspan="4"|Average Vehicle Costs
Line 571: Line 450:
 
  | Average used car
 
  | Average used car
 
  | $8,910
 
  | $8,910
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Average new car
 
  | Average new car
 
  | $27,230
 
  | $27,230
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | High-end bicycle  
 
  | High-end bicycle  
 
  | $1,500
 
  | $1,500
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="15"|Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years
 
  !rowspan="15"|Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years
Line 585: Line 461:
 
  | Honda Insight
 
  | Honda Insight
 
  | $27,874
 
  | $27,874
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Toyota Prius
 
  | Toyota Prius
 
  | $38,771
 
  | $38,771
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Jeep Patriot
 
  | Jeep Patriot
 
  | $35,425
 
  | $35,425
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Honda Fit
 
  | Honda Fit
 
  | $28,745
 
  | $28,745
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | BMW Z4
 
  | BMW Z4
 
  | $61,312
 
  | $61,312
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Ford Explorer
 
  | Ford Explorer
  | $43,524
+
  | $45,524
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Toyota Camry
 
  | Toyota Camry
  | $34,697
+
  | $34,679
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | smart fortwo
 
  | smart fortwo
 
  | $29,629
 
  | $29,629
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Honda CR-V
 
  | Honda CR-V
 
  | $35,183
 
  | $35,183
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Chevy Volt
 
  | Chevy Volt
 
  | $42,180
 
  | $42,180
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Hyundai Sonata
 
  | Hyundai Sonata
 
  | $34,644
 
  | $34,644
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Ford F-150
 
  | Ford F-150
 
  | $48,734
 
  | $48,734
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Nissan Cube
 
  | Nissan Cube
 
  | $29,383
 
  | $29,383
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Porsche 911
 
  | Porsche 911
 
  | $91,590
 
  | $91,590
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  !rowspan="7"|Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years, if gas were $10/gallon
+
  !rowspan="7"|Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years if gas were $10/gallon
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Toyota Prius
 
  | Toyota Prius
 
  | $48,990
 
  | $48,990
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Honda Fit
 
  | Honda Fit
 
  | $45,233
 
  | $45,233
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Ford Explorer
 
  | Ford Explorer
 
  | $69,076
 
  | $69,076
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | smart fortwo
 
  | smart fortwo
 
  | $45,058
 
  | $45,058
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Chevy Volt
 
  | Chevy Volt
 
  | $50,612
 
  | $50,612
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Ford F-150
 
  | Ford F-150
 
  | $77,111
 
  | $77,111
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="8"|Typical annual household income
 
  !rowspan="8"|Typical annual household income
Line 669: Line 525:
 
  | Bottom 20%
 
  | Bottom 20%
 
  | $10,200
 
  | $10,200
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Second 20%
 
  | Second 20%
 
  | $24,800
 
  | $24,800
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Middle 20%
 
  | Middle 20%
  | $44,400
+
  | $44,400  
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Fourth 20%
 
  | Fourth 20%
 
  | $76,100
 
  | $76,100
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Top 10%
 
  | Top 10%
 
  | $201,100
 
  | $201,100
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Top 1%
 
  | Top 1%
 
  | $822,000
 
  | $822,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Top 1/500th
 
  | Top 1/500th
 
  | $2,080,000
 
  | $2,080,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="6"|Median US household income
 
  !rowspan="6"|Median US household income
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Median US household income
 
  | Median US household income
  | $51,270
+
  | $51,570
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | After-tax
 
  | After-tax
  | $39,170
+
  | $39,170  
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Taxes
 
  | Taxes
 
  | $12,100
 
  | $12,100
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security)
 
  | Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security)
 
  | $1,500,000
 
  | $1,500,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access
 
  | Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access
 
  | $359,790
 
  | $359,790
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  !rowspan="13"|If I had $1000000 (Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy to win your love: $263,330)
+
  !rowspan="13"|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
 
  | Furniture
 
  | $21,160
 
  | $21,160
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Plymouth Reliant
 
  | Plymouth Reliant
 
  | $3,000
 
  | $3,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Tree fort
 
  | Tree fort
 
  | $15,000
 
  | $15,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Llama
 
  | Llama
 
  | $2,120
 
  | $2,120
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Joseph Merrick's remains
 
  | Joseph Merrick's remains
 
  | N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
 
  | N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | House
 
  | House
 
  | $224,820
 
  | $224,820
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Tiny fridge
 
  | Tiny fridge
 
  | $99.08
 
  | $99.08
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2)
 
  | Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2)
 
  | $34.48
 
  | $34.48
|
 
 
  |-  
 
  |-  
 
  | Kraft Dinner (two double servings)
 
  | Kraft Dinner (two double servings)
 
  | $3.06
 
  | $3.06
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Expensive ketchup
 
  | Expensive ketchup
 
  | $10.75
 
  | $10.75
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Faux fur coat
 
  | Faux fur coat
 
  | $198.00
 
  | $198.00
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Limo ride to the store
 
  | Limo ride to the store
 
  | $186.59
 
  | $186.59
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="5"|Luxuries
 
  !rowspan="5"|Luxuries
Line 771: Line 603:
 
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae]
 
  | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Opulence_Sundae Golden Opulence ice cream sundae]
 
  | $1,000
 
  | $1,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Waist deep half-room ball pit
 
  | Waist deep half-room ball pit
 
  | $2,400
 
  | $2,400
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay)
 
  | All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay)
 
  | $2,640
 
  | $2,640
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight
 
  | Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight
 
  | $200,000
 
  | $200,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  !rowspan="3"|Video Games
 
  !rowspan="3"|Video Games
Line 789: Line 617:
 
  | Typing F-U-N-D-S
 
  | Typing F-U-N-D-S
 
  | $10,000
 
  | $10,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft]
 
  | Daily sales of [http://www.minecraft.net/ Minecraft]
 
  | $193,500
 
  | $193,500
|
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
 
+
</div>
  
 
==Millions==
 
==Millions==
 +
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
  ! Category
 
  ! Category
 
  ! Item
 
  ! Item
 
  ! Price
 
  ! Price
! Notes
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Dr. Evil
 
  ! rowspan="3"|Dr. Evil
Line 808: Line 634:
 
  | Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world
 
  | Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world
 
  | $6,630,000
 
  | $6,630,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amount he was demanding
+
  | Amount he was actually demanding
 
  | $1,380,000
 
  | $1,380,000
|
 
|-
 
! rowspan="2"|Video Games
 
|-
 
| Minecraft sales by October 2011
 
| $56,780,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="4"|William and Kate's wedding
 
  ! rowspan="4"|William and Kate's wedding
Line 824: Line 642:
 
  | Flowers
 
  | Flowers
 
  | $800,000
 
  | $800,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Security
 
  | Security
 
  | $20,000,000
 
  | $20,000,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Total cost
 
  | Total cost
  | $80,000,000
+
  | $800,000,000
|
 
|-
 
! rowspan="6"|Human Values
 
|-
 
| Amount needed to live comfortably off investments
 
| $4,090,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| EPA value of a human life
 
| $8,120,000
 
| The chart depicts 10 blocks instead of 8.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars)
+
  ! rowspan="3"|$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes
| $29,870,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes
 
  | 50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes
 
  | $1,500,000
 
  | $1,500,000
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Lifetime cost to avoid changing your oil by abandoning your car and buying a new one whenever you hit 5,000 miles
+
  | 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
 
  | $3,270,000
  |
+
  |}
 +
===Rare Items===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="4"|Corporation Expenses
+
  ! Thing !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 30-second Super Bowl ad slot
+
  | Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 || $83,710,000
| $3,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Annual cost to run Wikipedia
+
  | Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) || $45,930,000
| $18,500,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal
+
  | Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible || $34,610,000
| $750,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Vehicles
+
  | Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) || $9,330,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron)
+
  | Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) || $2,780,000
| $2,400,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250)
+
  | 1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I || $21,890,000
| $16,390,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Marginal cost to launch one shuttle
+
  | Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) || $250,000,000
| $450,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total shuttle program per launch
+
  | Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) || $168,780,000
| $1,451,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | One B-2 bomber
+
  | Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) || $153,440,000
| $2,500,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Structures
+
  | Airbus A380 || $264,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Large city office building
+
  | Mona Lisa assessed value || $730,660,000
| $100,000,000
+
  |}
  |
+
 
 +
===Prizes===
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Amount !! Year !! Show/Movie !! Amount Today
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Dubai Fountain
+
  | $64,000
  | $224,540,000
+
  | 1955
  |
+
| The $64,000 Question
 +
  | $528,310
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Burj Khalifa
+
  | £1,000,000
  | $1,521,000,000
+
| 1998
|
+
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK)
 +
  | $2,270,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
| New Yankee Stadium
+
  | $1,000,000
  | $1,545,000,000
+
  | 1999
  |
+
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA)
 +
| $1,330,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="12"|Rare Items
+
  | $1,000,000
 +
| 1955
 +
| The Millionaire (TV Show)
 +
| $8,250,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010
+
  | $1,000,000
  | $83,710,000
+
| 1931
  |
+
| The Millionaire (Movie)
 +
  | $14,530,000
 +
  |}
 +
 
 +
===Bitcoins===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Thing !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates)
+
  | Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 || $22,819,797
| $45,930,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible
+
  | Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price || $210,000,000
| $34,610,000
+
  |}
  |
+
===Elections===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Person !! Funds raised
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1933 Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint)
+
  | 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
| $9,330,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight)
+
  | Herman Cain || $5,380,000
| $2,780,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1297 Magna Carta original copy signed by Edward I
+
  | Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
| $21,890,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Painting from The Card Players series (rumor)
+
  | Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
| $250,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction bought by David Geffen)
+
  | Ron Paul || $12,790,000
| $168,780,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction bought by David Geffen)
+
  | Rick Perry || $17,200,000
| $153,440,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Airbus A380
+
  | Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
| $264,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mona Lisa assessed value
+
  | Barack Obama || $88,420,000
| $730,660,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="3"|Bitcoins
+
  | Other || $17,480,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Person !! Funds raised
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011
+
  | 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
| $22,819,797
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price
+
  | 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.
| $210,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="9"|Millionaires
+
  | Ron Paul || $32,480,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Darrell Issa (R-CA) net worth
+
  | John Edwards || $64,410,000
| $304,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth
+
  | Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
| $294,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | John Kerry (D-MA) net worth
+
  | Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
| $239,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mitt Romney net worth
+
  | Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
| $210,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Jon Huntsman net worth
+
  | John McCain || $394,280,000
| $40,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Average net worth of US senator
+
  | Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
  | $13,400,000
+
  |-
  |
+
| Other || $127,250,00
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
  |-
 +
! Person !! Funds raised
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Average net worth of US representative
+
  | 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
| $4,900,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | A billionaire
+
  | Howard Dean || $61,620,000
| $1,000,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Per US resident
+
  | Wesley Clark || $34,610,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | $1 per US resident
+
  | John Edwards || $39,310,000
| $312,620,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | $1 per US household
+
  | John Kerry || $352,090,000
| $117,290,000
 
| The chart depicts 138 blocks instead of 117.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | $10 from every US resident
+
  | George W. Bush || $429,660,000
| $3,326,200,000
 
| The chart depicts 3126 blocks instead of 3326.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | $10 from every US household
+
  | Other || $89,520,000
| $1,179,180,000
+
  |}
  | The chart depicts 854 blocks instead of 1179.
+
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Person !! Funds raised
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="3"|Raptors
+
  | 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | One F-22 raptor
+
  | Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
| $154,500,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | One velociraptor (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
+
  | John McCain || $75,180,000
| $1,930,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="8"|Professional rapper net worth
+
  | Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 50 Cent
+
  | Steve Forbes || $114,400,000 *The Money Chart incorrectly reads $11,440,000
| $100,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 50 Cent (stage name)
+
  | Al Gore || $170,520,000
| $0.50
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation)
+
  | George W. Bush || $247,100,000
| $0.70
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Birdman
+
  | Other || $94,800,000
| $100,000,000
+
  |}
  |
+
 
 +
===2010 midterm elections fundraising===
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Party !! Funds raised
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Dr Dre
+
  | Democrats || $815,000,000
| $125,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Jay-Z
+
  | Republicans || $587,000,000
| $450,000,000
+
  |}
  |
+
 
 +
===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Party !! Funds donated
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Diddy
+
  | To Other || $16,000,000 approximately
| $475,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="3"|J.K. Rowling
+
  | To Democrats || $146,000,000 approximately
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | J.K. Rowling
+
  | To Republicans || $145,000,000 approximately
| $1,000,000,000
+
|}
  |
+
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
  |-
 +
! Party !! Funds donated
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | J.K. Rowling had she become a rapper (Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot)
+
  | Finance industry || $122,900,000
| $82,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="4"|Hurricanes
+
  | Organized labor || $18,720,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding
+
  | Energy industry || $26,680,000
| $20,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989
+
  | Lawyers and general lobbyists || $57,590,000
| $440,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Economic savings—during Hurricane Irene alone—due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances
+
  | Health industry || $42,727,000
| $700,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Prizes
+
  | Electronics and communication industry || $32,420,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Inaugurations===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Thing !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | $64,000 in 1955 when "The $64,000 Question" first aired
+
  | Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
| $528,310
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | £1,000,000 in 1998 when the UK "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" aired
+
  | Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
| $2,270,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| $1,000,000 in 1999 when the US "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" aired
 
| $1,330,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| $1,000,000 in 1955 when the TV show "The Millionaire" aired
 
| $8,250,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| $1,000,000 in 1931 when the film "The Millionaire" opened
 
| $14,530,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 +
| Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===Elections===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Thing !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Person !! Funds raised
+
  | George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2012 presidential fundraising || $188,260,000
+
  | Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Herman Cain || $5,380,000
+
  | Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Jon Huntsman || $4,510,000
+
  | 1996 || $559,810,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Michele Bachmann || $9,870,000
+
  | 1992 || $521,480,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ron Paul || $12,790,000
+
  | 1988 || $606,300,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Rick Perry || $17,200,000
+
  | 1984 || $429,860,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mitt Romney || $32,610,000
+
  | 1980 || $434,220,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Barack Obama || $88,420,000
+
  | 1976 || $664,160,000
|-
 
| Other || $17,480,000
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 +
===Millionaires===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Person !! Funds raised
+
  ! Item !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2008 presidential campaign fundraising ||$1,860,390,000
+
  | Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth || $304,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 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.
+
  | Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth || $294,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ron Paul || $32,480,000
+
  | John Kerry (D-MA) net worth || $239,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | John Edwards || $64,410,000
+
  | Mitt Romney net worth || $210,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Rudy Giuliani || $66,520,000
+
  | Jon Huntsmann net worth || $40,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mitt Romney || $116,730,000
+
  | Average net worth of US senator || $13,400,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Barack Obama ||$799,670,000
+
  | Average net worth of US representative || $4,900,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | John McCain || $394,280,000
+
  | A billionare || $1,000,000,000
|-
 
| Hilary Clinton || $259,050,000
 
|-
 
| Other || $127,250,000
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 +
===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Person !! Funds raised
+
  ! Year !! Value (Approximate)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2004 presidential campaign fundraising || $1,006,810,000
+
  | 1967 || $2,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Howard Dean || $61,620,000
+
  | 1968 || $2,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Wesley Clark || $34,620,000
+
  | 1969 || $2,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | John Edwards || $39,310,000
+
  | 1970 || $2,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | John Kerry || $352,090,000
+
  | 1971 || $2,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | George W. Bush || $429,660,000
+
  | 1972 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $89,510,000
+
  | 1973 || $4,000,000
|}
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Person !! Funds raised
+
  | 1974 || $7,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2000 presidential campaign fundraising || $805,120,000
+
  | 1975 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Pat Buchanan || $37,440,000
+
  | 1976 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | John McCain || $75,180,000
+
  | 1977 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bill Bradley || $65,680,000
+
  | 1978 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Steve Forbes || $114,400,000 *The Money Chart incorrectly reads $11,440,000
+
  | 1979 || $9,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Al Gore || $170,520,000
+
  | 1980 || $15,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | George W. Bush || $247,100,000
+
  | 1981 || $10,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $94,800,000
+
  | 1982 || $8,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===2010 midterm elections fundraising===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Party !! Funds raised
+
  | 1983 || $9,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Democrats || $815,000,000
+
  | 1984 || $7,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Republicans || $587,000,000
+
  | 1985 || $6,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Industry !! To Democrats (approx) !! To Republicans (approx) !! To Other (approx) !! Total Funds donated
+
  | 1986 || $7,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Finance industry || $47,000,000 || $68,000,000 || $7,000,000 || $122,900,000
+
  | 1987 || $8,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Organized labor || $14,000,000 || $2,000,000 || $2,000,000 || $18,720,000
+
  | 1988 || $7,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Energy industry || $6,000,000 || $21,000,000 || $0 || $26,680,000
+
  | 1989 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Lawyers and general lobbyists || $39,000,000 || $19,000,000 || $0 || $57,590,000
+
  | 1990 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Health industry || $19,000,000 || $23,000,000 || $0 || $42,727,000
+
  | 1991 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Electronics and communication industry || $21,000,000 || $12,000,000 || $7,000,000 || $32,420,000
+
  | 1992 || $5,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===Inaugurations===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Thing !! Price
+
  | 1993 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration || $174,100,000
+
  | 1994 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Festivities (private donors) || $46,400,000
+
  | 1995 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $127,700,000
+
  | 1996 || $5,000,000
|}
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Thing !! Price
+
  | 1997 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | George Bush’s 2005 inauguration || $178,600,000
+
  | 1998 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Festivities (private donors) || $47,800,000
+
  | 1999 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal + state + local government (mainly security) || $130,800,000
+
  | 2000 || $3,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===Past presidential campaign fundraising===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Campaign Year !! Funds raised
+
  | 2001 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1996 || $559,810,000
+
  | 2002 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1992 || $521,480,000
+
  | 2003 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1988 || $606,300,000
+
  | 2004 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1984 || $429,860,000
+
  | 2005 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1980 || $434,220,000
+
  | 2006 || $6,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| 2007 || $8,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| 2008 || $8,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| 2009 || $10,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| 2010 || $13,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1976 || $664,160,000
+
  | 2011 || $15,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year===
+
===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
! Year !! Value (Approximate)
+
! Year !! Value (Approximate)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1967 || $2,000,000
+
  | 1967 || $20,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1968 || $2,000,000
+
  | 1968 || $19,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1969 || $2,000,000
+
  | 1969 || $18,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1970 || $2,000,000
+
  | 1970 || $17,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1971 || $2,000,000
+
  | 1971 || $16,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1972 || $3,000,000
+
  | 1972 || $16,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1973 || $4,000,000
+
  | 1973 || $15,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1974 || $7,000,000
+
  | 1974 || $13,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1975 || $6,000,000
+
  | 1975 || $12,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1976 || $4,000,000
+
  | 1976 || $12,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1977 || $5,000,000
+
  | 1977 || $11,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1978 || $6,000,000
+
  | 1978 || $10,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1979 || $9,000,000
 
  | 1979 || $9,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1980 || $15,000,000
+
  | 1980 || $8,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1981 || $10,000,000
+
  | 1981 || $7,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1982 || $8,000,000
+
  | 1982 || $7,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1983 || $9,000,000
+
  | 1983 || $7,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1984 || $7,000,000
+
  | 1984 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1985 || $6,000,000
 
  | 1985 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1986 || $7,000,000
+
  | 1986 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1987 || $8,000,000
+
  | 1987 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1988 || $7,000,000
+
  | 1988 || $6,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1989 || $6,000,000
+
  | 1989 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1990 || $6,000,000
+
  | 1990 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1991 || $5,000,000
 
  | 1991 || $5,000,000
Line 1,324: Line 1,071:
 
  | 1993 || $5,000,000
 
  | 1993 || $5,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1994 || $5,000,000
+
  | 1994 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1995 || $5,000,000
+
  | 1995 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1996 || $5,000,000
+
  | 1996 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1997 || $4,000,000
 
  | 1997 || $4,000,000
Line 1,334: Line 1,081:
 
  | 1998 || $4,000,000
 
  | 1998 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1999 || $3,000,000
+
  | 1999 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2000 || $3,000,000
+
  | 2000 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2001 || $3,000,000
+
  | 2001 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2002 || $3,000,000
+
  | 2002 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 2003 || $4,000,000
 
  | 2003 || $4,000,000
Line 1,346: Line 1,093:
 
  | 2004 || $4,000,000
 
  | 2004 || $4,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2005 || $5,000,000
+
  | 2005 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2006 || $6,000,000
+
  | 2006 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2007 || $8,000,000
+
  | 2007 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2008 || $8,000,000
+
  | 2008 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2009 || $10,000,000
+
  | 2009 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2010 || $13,000,000
+
  | 2010 || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2011 || $15,000,000
+
  | 2011 || $3,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,000 ct, 60lbs)===
+
===Per US resident===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
! Year !! Value (Approximate)
+
! Item !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1967 || $20,000,000
+
  | $1 per US resident || $312,620,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1968 || $19,000,000
+
  | $1 per US household || $117,290,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1969 || $18,000,000
+
  | $10 from every US resident || $3,326,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1970 || $17,000,000
+
  | $10 from every US household || $1,179,180,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1971 || $16,000,000
+
  | Amount needed to live comfortably off investments || $4,090,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1972 || $16,000,000
+
  | EPA value of a human life || $8,120,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1973 || $15,000,000
+
  | Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) || $29,870,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Raptors===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1974 || $13,000,000
+
  ! Item !! Price !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1975 || $12,000,000
+
  | One F-22 raptor || $154,500,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1976 || $12,000,000
+
  | One velociraptor || $1,9300,000 || (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Professional rapper net worth===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1977 || $11,000,000
+
  ! Rapper !! Net worth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1978 || $10,000,000
+
  | 50 Cent || $100,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1979 || $9,000,000
+
  | 50 Cent (stage name) || $0.50
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1980 || $8,000,000
+
  | 50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) || $0.70
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1981 || $7,000,000
+
  | Birdman || $100,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1982 || $7,000,000
+
  | Dr Dre || $125,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1983 || $7,000,000
+
  | Jay-Z || $450,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1984 || $6,000,000
+
  | Diddy || $475,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===J.K. Rowling===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1985 || $6,000,000
+
  ! Item !! Value !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1986 || $6,000,000
+
  | J.K. Rowling || $1,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1987 || $6,000,000
+
  | J. K. Rowling had she become a rapper || $82,000 || Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1988 || $6,000,000
+
  ! Item !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1989 || $5,000,000
+
  | Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding || $20,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1990 || $5,000,000
+
  | Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 || $440,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1991 || $5,000,000
+
  | Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances || $700,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Corporation Expenses===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1992 || $5,000,000
+
  ! Item !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1993 || $5,000,000
+
  | 30-second Super Bowl ad slot || $3,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1994 || $4,000,000
+
  | Annual cost to run Wikipedia || $18,500,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1995 || $4,000,000
+
  | Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal || $750,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Vehicles===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1996 || $4,000,000
+
  ! Item !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1997 || $4,000,000
+
  |Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) || $2,400,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1998 || $4,000,000
+
  | Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) || $16,390,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1999 || $4,000,000
+
  | Marginal cost to launch one shuttle || $450,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2000 || $4,000,000
+
  | Total shuttle program per launch || $450,000,000  
 +
|-
 +
| One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Structures===
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2001 || $4,000,000
+
  ! Item !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2002 || $4,000,000
+
  | Large city office building || $100,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2003 || $4,000,000
+
  | Dubai Fountain || $224,540,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2004 || $4,000,000
+
  | Burj Khalifa || $1,5210,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2005 || $3,000,000
+
  | New Yankee Stadium || $1,545,000,000
|-
+
  |}
| 2006 || $3,000,000
+
===Video Games===
|-
+
 
| 2007 || $3,000,000
+
{| class="wikitable sortable"
  |-
 
| 2008 || $3,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2009 || $3,000,000
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2010 || $3,000,000
+
  ! Item !! Price
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2011 || $3,000,000
+
  | Minecraft sales by October 2011 || $56,780,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
 +
 +
</div>
  
 
==Billions==
 
==Billions==
 +
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
 +
 
===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
 
===Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! Item !! Value
 
  ! Item !! Value
  |-
+
  |-  
 
  | Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
 
  | Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 1,469: Line 1,247:
  
 
===Box office revenue===
 
===Box office revenue===
 
 
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
 
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
 
+
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
Highlighted: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
 
 
 
Some dates are off by one year.
 
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 1,484: Line 1,257:
 
  | 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
 
  | 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2003 || ''Shrek 2'' || $516,610,000 ||
+
  | 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
 
  | 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
Line 1,490: Line 1,263:
 
  | 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
 
  | 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1994 || ''The Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
+
  | 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
 
  | 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
Line 1,500: Line 1,273:
 
  | 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
 
  | 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back'' || $778,530,000 ||
+
  | 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
 
  | 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
Line 1,524: Line 1,297:
 
  | 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
 
  | 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
 
  |}
 
  |}
 +
  
 
===Charity===
 
===Charity===
Line 1,549: Line 1,323:
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
 
  | To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
|-
 
| Other || $6,410,000,000
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
 
 
====Type of giving:====
 
====Type of giving:====
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
Line 1,568: Line 1,339:
  
 
===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===
 
===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 1,574: Line 1,346:
 
  | Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
 
  | Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 || $25,360,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Global health || ~$12,000,000,000
+
  | Global health || ~12B
|-
 
| US || ~$4,000,000,000
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Developments || ~$3,000,000,000
+
  | US || ~4B
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Grants || ~$1,000,000,000
+
  | Developments || ~3B
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Missing || ~$5,000,000,000
+
  | Grants || ~1B
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 
===Book publishing industry revenue===
 
===Book publishing industry revenue===
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! Genre !! Revenue
 
  ! Genre !! Revenue
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000 (Sum of genres is $29.39 billion, 1 block more than depicted)
+
  | Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Romance || $1,380,000,000
 
  | Romance || $1,380,000,000
Line 1,604: Line 1,375:
  
 
===Video game industry revenue===
 
===Video game industry revenue===
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 1,616: Line 1,388:
 
  {| class= "wikitable sortable"
 
  {| class= "wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
! Item !! Value
+
! Item !! Value !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Student loans outstanding || $955,800,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $956,800,000,000)
+
  | Student loans outstanding || $955,800,000,000 ||
 +
|-
 +
| Federal student loans || $792,900,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal student loans || $792,900,000,000
+
  | Defaulted Federal student loans || $65,020,000,000 || Private total unknown
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Defaulted Federal student loans (Private total unknown) || $65,020,000,000
+
  | Private student loans || $163,900,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Private student loans || $163,900,000,000
+
  | Total spending on primary and secondary education in the US || $612,470,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total spending on primary and secondary education in the US || $612,470,000,000
+
  | Teacher Salaries || $295,810,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
| Teacher Salaries || $295,810,000,000
+
  | Total annual higher education spending in the US || $355,110,000,000 ||
|-
 
  | Total annual higher education spending in the US || $355,110,000,000
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 
===Harvard University revenue===
 
===Harvard University revenue===
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 1,643: Line 1,416:
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
In other words, if Harvard eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.
+
In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.
  
 
===Education foundations===
 
===Education foundations===
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 1,662: Line 1,436:
  
 
===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===
 
===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 1,672: Line 1,447:
 
  | Yale || $19,400,000,000
 
  | Yale || $19,400,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Princeton || $17,010,000,000
+
  | Princeton || $17,100,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
 
  | U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
Line 1,687: Line 1,462:
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
 
  | Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
|-
 
| The other 53 || $136,490,000,000
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
Line 1,702: Line 1,475:
 
  | Chevron || $196,300,000,000 || $19,020,000,000 ||
 
  | Chevron || $196,300,000,000 || $19,020,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Fannie Mae || $153,800,000,000 (the chart depicts 156 blocks instead of 154) || || $14,010,000,000
+
  | Fannie Mae || $153,800,000,000 || || $14,010,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | GE || $151,600,000,000 (the chart depicts 151 blocks instead of 152) || $11,640,000,000 ||
+
  | GE || $151,600,000,000 || $11,640,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Berkshire Hathaway || $136,100,000,000 ([[Randall]] rounded down from 136.185 billion) || $12,970,000,000 ||
+
  | Berkshire Hathaway || $136,100,000,000 || $12,970,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | PepsiCo || $57,840,000,000 || $6,320,000,000 ||
 
  | PepsiCo || $57,840,000,000 || $6,320,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Coca-Cola || $35,840,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $35,120,000,000) || $11,800,000,000 ||
+
  | Coca-Cola || $35,840,000,000 || $11,800,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | VISA || $8,100,000,000 || $2,700,000,000 ||
 
  | VISA || $8,100,000,000 || $2,700,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | MasterCard || $5,500,000,000 (the chart depicts 5 blocks instead of 6) || $1,850,000,000 ||
+
  | MasterCard || $5,500,000,000 || $1,850,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | General Motors || $135,600,000,000 (the chart depicts 135 blocks instead of 136) || $6,170,000,000 ||
+
  | General Motors || $135,600,000,000 || $6,170,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ford || $129,000,000,000 || $6,560,000,000 (the chart depicts 6 blocks instead of 7) ||
+
  | Ford || $129,000,000,000 || $6,560,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Chrysler || $44,950,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $41,950,000,000) || || $653,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $652,000,000)
+
  | Chrysler || $44,950,000,000 || || $653,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | AT&T || $124,600,000,000 (the chart depicts 126 blocks instead of 125) || $19,860,000,000 ||
+
  | AT&T || $124,600,000,000 || $19,860,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Verizon || $106,560,000,000 (the chart depicts 106 blocks instead of 107) || $2,550,000,000 ||
+
  | Verizon || $106,560,000,000 || $2,550,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bank of America || $134,200,000,000 (the chart depicts 135 blocks instead of 134) || || $2,240,000,000
+
  | Bank of America || $134,20,000,000 || || $2,240,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | JP Morgan Chase || $115,480,000,000 || $17,370,000,000 ||
 
  | JP Morgan Chase || $115,480,000,000 || $17,370,000,000 ||
Line 1,732: Line 1,505:
 
  | Citigroup || $111,060,000,000 || $10,600,000,000 ||
 
  | Citigroup || $111,060,000,000 || $10,600,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | AIG || $104,420,000,000 || $7,790,000,000 ||
+
  | AGI || $104,420,000,000 || $17,370,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | HP || $126,000,000,000 || $8,780,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $8,760,000,000) ||
+
  | HP || $126,000,000,000 || $8,780,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Apple || $65,230,000,000 || $14,010,000,000 ||
 
  | Apple || $65,230,000,000 || $14,010,000,000 ||
Line 1,746: Line 1,519:
  
 
===US health care spending===
 
===US health care spending===
{| class="wikitable"
+
 
! Category
+
===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===
! Item
+
 
! Price
+
===US GDP===
! Notes
+
Combined economic value of all goods and services produced in a year
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|US cancer spending
+
  ! Item !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US spending on lung cancer treatment
+
  | US GDP || $14,545,950,000,000
| $11,310,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US spending on tobacco marketing
+
  | Government || $1,980,640,000,000
| $13,600,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US spending on all cancer treatment
+
  | Real estate || $1,925,210,000,000
| $106,870,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US spending on cigarettes
+
  | Non-rental Real estate || $1,737,500,000,000
| $91,660,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 93 blocks instead of 92.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="10"|US health care spending (2005 data)
+
  | Rental and leasing || $187,610,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Private insurance
+
  | Nondurable goods || $739,300,000,000
| $785,900,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Out-of-pocket
+
  | Food, beverage, and tobacco || $212,330,000,000
| $282,260,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 250 blocks instead of 282.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other private spending
+
  | Chemicals || $223,050,000,000
| $79,000,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 111 blocks instead of 79.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total private spending
+
  | Petroleum and coal || $123,630,000,000
| $1,147,050,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Medicare
+
  | Apparel || $12,050,000,000
| $387,070,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Medicaid
+
  | Paper products || $57,800,000,000
| $351,980,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other government spending
+
  | Plastics and rubber products || $58,410,000,000
| $219,000,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total Government spending
+
  | Textile mills || $18,130,000,000
| $958,950,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Printing and related supports || $33,790,000,000
| $2,106,000,000,000
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
===NCAA budget===
 
$5,640,000,000
 
 
 
===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Value !! Notes
+
  | Durable goods || $898,420,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Combined pay at Wall St. banks and securities firms || $135,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Computers and electronics|| $212,640,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mobile computing annual sales || $220,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Metal products || $125,590,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Online spending in 2009 || $251,070,000,000 ||
+
  | Machinery || $116,110,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies || $2,100,000,000 ||
+
  | Wood products || $21,530,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US annual oil and gas subsidies || $41,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Furniture || $24,930,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ethanol subsidies || $5,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Motor vehicles, trailers, and parts || $80,560,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Combined annual profits of the five largest oil companies || $36,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Other transportation equipment || $93,440,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Combined annual profits of the ten largest health insurance companies || $12,870,000,000 ||
+
  | Mineral products || $39,360,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2010 lobbying || $3,560,000,000 ||
+
  | Metals || $44,710,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2005 lobbying || $2,750,000,000 ||
+
  | Electrical equipment and components|| $53,260,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2000 lobbying || $2,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Miscellaneous || $81,390,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000 || The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
+
  | Finance and insurance || $1,207,030,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===US R&D===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Value
+
  | Federal Reserve banks and credit intermediaries || $529,540,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US annual corporate R&D || $334,490,000,000
+
  | Insurance || $437,340,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Information technology || $46,560,000,000
+
  | Investments || $180,500,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Scientific, technical or professional services || $31,060,000,000
+
  | Funds and trusts || $59,550,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Manufacturing industries (Unlabelled on the money chart) || $236,151,000,000
+
  | Professional and business services || $1,752,750,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $20,710,000,000
+
  | Waste management || $39,870,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===US GDP===
 
 
 
The combined economic value of all goods and services produced in a year
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Category
 
! Item
 
! Value
 
! Notes
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="2"|US GDP
+
  | Administrative and support services || $358,110,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |
+
  | Legal services || $225,830,000,000
| $14,545,950,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="2"|Government
+
  | Computer systems design and service || $174,730,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |
+
  | Corporate management || $253,950,000,000
| $1,980,640,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="4"|Real estate
+
  | Other professional or technical services || $700,250,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Non-rental real estate
+
  | Health and education || $1,294,580,000,000
| $1,737,500,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 1736 blocks instead of 1738.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Rental and leasing
+
  | Social assistance || $93,750,000,000
| $187,610,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Ambulatory health care services || $529,750,000,000
| $1,925,210,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="10"|Nondurable Goods
+
  | Hospitals || $466,390,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Food, beverage and tobacco
+
  | Educational services || $159,580,000,000
| $212,330,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Chemicals
+
  | Utilities || $276,210,000,000
| $223,050,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Petroleum and coal
+
  | Other services || $345,540,000,000
| $123,630,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Apparel
+
  | Construction || $553,750,000,000
| $12,050,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 14 blocks instead of 12.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Paper products
+
  | Retail trade || $844,380,000,000
| $57,800,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 62 blocks instead of 58.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Plastics and rubber products
+
  | Wholesale trade || $804,410,000,000
| $58,410,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Textile mills
+
  | Mining || $248,080,000,000
| $18,130,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 12 blocks instead of 18.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Printing and related supports
+
  | Mining (other than oil and gas) || $50,380,000,000
| $33,790,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Mining support || $51,270,000,000
| $739,300,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="13"|Durable Goods
+
  | Oil and gas || $145,990,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Computers and electronics
+
  | Agriculture || $137,120,000,000
| $212,640,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Metal products
+
  | Farms || $107,140,000,000
| $125,590,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Machinery
+
  | Forestry, fishing, and related || $30,080,000,000
| $116,110,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Wood products
+
  | Arts and entertainment || $528,620,000,000
| $21,530,000,000
 
| Rounded down to 21 blocks.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Furniture
+
  | Food service || $285,480,000,000
| $24,930,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other transportation equipment
+
  | Performing arts, sports, and museums || $73,040,000,000
| $93,440,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Motor vehicles, trailers and parts
+
  | Amusements, gambling, and general recreation || $73,040,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $58,110,000,000
| $80,560,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mineral products
+
  | Accommodation || $111,990,000,000
| $39,360,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Metals
+
  | Information || $658,630,000,000
| $44,710,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Miscellaneous
+
  | Broadcasting and telecommunications|| $366,560,000,000
| $81,390,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Electrical equipment and components
+
  | Information and data processing || $78,300,000,000
| $53,260,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Film, video, and sound recording || $61,610,000,000
| $898,420,000,000
 
| This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $893,420,000,000.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Finance and insurance
+
  | Publishing (including software) || $152,170,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal Reserve banks and credit intermediaries
+
  | Transportation and storage || $401,280,000,000
| $529,540,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Insurance
 
| $437,340,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Investments
 
| $180,500,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Funds and trusts
+
  | Warehousing and storage || $40,590,000,000
| $59,550,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Water || $14,730,000,000
| $1,207,030,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="8"|Professional and business services
+
  | Air || $36,770,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $63,680,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Waste management
+
  | Rail || $31,730,000,000
| $39,870,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Administrative and support services
+
  | Truck || $116,520,000,000
| $358,110,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Legal services
+
  | Transit and land passenger || $24,110,000,000
| $225,830,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Computer systems design and service
+
  | Pipeline || $12,360,000,000
| $174,730,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Corporate management
+
  | Other transport) || $97,560,000,000
| $253,950,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other professional or technical services
+
  |}
  | $700,250,000,000
+
 
  |
+
===Billionaires===
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Category
 +
! Person
 +
! Networth
 +
! Ten Richest Ranking
 +
  |-
 +
  ! rowspan="14"|Technology
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Carlos Slim Helú and family
  | $1,752,750,000,000
+
  | $74,000,000,000
  |
+
  | First
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Health and education
+
  | Bill Gates
 +
| $56,000,000,000
 +
| Second
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Social assistance
+
  | Larry Ellison
  | $93,750,000,000
+
  | $39,500,000,000
 +
| Fifth
 +
|-
 +
| Larry Page
 +
| $19,800,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ambulatory health care services
+
  | Sergey Brin
  | $529,750,000,000
+
  | $19,800,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hospitals
+
  | Jeff Bezos
  | $466,390,000,000
+
  | $18,000,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Educational services
+
  | Steve Ballmer
  | $159,580,000,000
+
  | $14,500,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Mark Zuckerberg
  | $1,294,580,000,000
+
  | $13,500,000,000
| This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $1,249,580,000,000
+
  |
  |-
 
! rowspan="2"|Utilities
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |
+
  | Paul Allen
  | $276,210,000,000
+
  | $13,500,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="2"|Other services
+
  | Steve Jobs (D)
 +
| $8,300,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
 +
| Eric Schmidt
 +
| $7,000,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
  | $345,540,000,000
+
|-
 +
| Sean Parker
 +
  | $1,600,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="2"|Construction
+
  | Steve Case
 +
| $1,300,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |
+
  ! rowspan="9"|Politicians and alleged evil plutocratic puppet masters
| $553,750,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Mining
+
  | Warren Buffett
 +
| $50,000,000,000
 +
| Third
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mining (other than oil and gas)
+
  | Charles Koch
  | $50,380,000,000
+
  | $22,000,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mining support
+
  | David Koch
  | $51,270,000,000
+
  | $22,000,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Oil and gas
+
  | Michael Bloomberg
  | $145,990,000,000
+
  | $18,100,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | George Soros
  | $248,080,000,000
+
  | $14,000,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="4"|Agriculture
+
  | Silvio Berlusconi and family
|-
+
  | $7,800,000,000
| Farms
 
  | $107,140,000,000
 
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Forestry, fishing and related
+
  | Rupert Murdoch
  | $30,080,000,000
+
  | $7,600,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | David Geffen
  | $137,120,000,000
+
  | $6,000,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Arts and entertainment
+
  ! rowspan="6"|Uncategorized
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Food service
+
  | Bernard Arnault
  | $285,480,000,000
+
  | $41,000,000,000
  |
+
  | Fourth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Performing arts, sports and museums
+
  | Lakshmi Mittal
  | $73,040,000,000
+
  | $31,100,000,000
  |
+
  | Sixth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amusements, gambling and general recreation
+
  | Amancio Ortega
  | $73,040,000,000
+
  | $31,000,000,000
  | This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $58,110,000,000
+
  | Seventh
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Accomodation [sic]
+
  | Eike Batista
  | $111,990,000,000
+
  | $30,000,000,000
  |
+
  | Eighth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | Mukesh Ambani
  | $528,620,000,000
+
  | $27,000,000,000
  |
+
  | Ninth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Information
+
  ! rowspan="5"|Walmart
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Information and data processing
+
  | Christy Walton and family
  | $78,300,000,000
+
  | $26,500,000,000
  |
+
  | Tenth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Publishing (including software)
+
  | Jim Walton
  | $152,170,000,000
+
  | $21,300,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Film, video and sound recording
+
  | Alice Walton
  | $61,610,000,000
+
  | $21,200,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Broadcasting and telecommunications
+
  | S. Robson Walton
  | $366,560,000,000
+
  | $21,000,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
| Total
 
| $658,630,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="10"|Transportation and storage
+
  ! rowspan="5"|Fictional (source: ''Forbes'')
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Warehousing and storage
+
  | Carlisle Cullen
  | $40,590,000,000
+
  | $34,500,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Water
+
  | Scrooge McDuck
  | $14,730,000,000
+
  | $33,500,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Air
+
  | Bruce Wayne
  | $36,770,000,000
+
  | $6,500,000,000
  | This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $63,770,000,000
+
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Rail
+
  | Artemis Fowl
  | $31,730,000,000
+
  | $1,900,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
| Truck
+
! rowspan="4"|Fashion
| $116,520,000,000
 
| Rounded down to 116 blocks
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Transit and land passenger
+
  | Lilianne Bettencourt
  | $24,110,000,000
+
  | $23,500,000,000
  | The chart depicts 22 blocks instead of 24
+
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Pipeline
+
  | Ralph Lauren
  | $12,360,000,000
+
  | $5,800,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other transport
+
  | Ronald Lauder
  | $97,560,000,000
+
  | $3,100,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
! rowspan="5"|Art and media
  | $401,280,000,000
+
|-
 +
  | George Lucas
 +
  | $3,200,000,000
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |}
+
  | Oprah Winfrey
 
+
| $3,200,000,000
===Billionaires===
+
  |
{| class="wikitable"
 
  ! Category
 
! Person
 
! Networth
 
! Ten Richest Ranking
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="14"|Technology
+
  | Five wealthiest rappers combined
 +
| $1,250,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Carlos Slim Helú and family
+
  | J. K. Rowling
  | $74,000,000,000
+
  | $1,000,000,000
  | First
+
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bill Gates
+
  ! rowspan="2"|Donald Trump
| $56,000,000,000
 
| Second
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Larry Ellison
+
  | Donald Trump
  | $39,500,000,000
+
  | $2,700,000,000
| Fifth
 
|-
 
| Larry Page
 
| $19,800,000,000
 
 
  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
| Sergey Brin
+
|}
| $19,800,000,000
+
 
|
+
Combined net worth of the world's 1,210 billionaires $4,500,000,000,000
 +
 
 +
===Corporations===
 +
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Jeff Bezos
+
  ! Company !! Value
| $18,000,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Steve Ballmer
+
  | Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
| $14,500,000,000
+
  |-
  |
+
| Apple || $358,310,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mark Zuckerberg
+
  | ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
| $13,500,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Paul Allen
+
  | PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
| $13,500,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Steve Jobs (D)
+
  | IBM || $211,640,000,000
| $8,300,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Eric Schmidt
+
  | Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
| $7,000,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Sean Parker
+
  | Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
| $1,600,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Steve Case
+
  | China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
| $1,300,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="9"|Politicians and alleged evil plutocratic puppet masters
+
  | Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Warren Buffett
+
  | Nestle || $193,700,000,000
| $50,000,000,000
 
| Third
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Charles Koch
+
  | Chevron || $188,030,000,000
| $22,000,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | David Koch
+
  | Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
| $22,000,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Michael Bloomberg
+
  | AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
| $18,100,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 19 blocks instead of 18.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | George Soros
+
  | Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
  | $14,000,000,000
+
|-
|
+
  | Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Silvio Berlusconi and family
+
  | LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
| $7,800,000,000
+
  |}
  |
+
 
 +
===US household income===
 +
 
 +
===Cost to buy the world a coke===
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Rupert Murdoch
+
  ! Item !! Cost
| $7,600,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | David Geffen
+
  | Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) || $2,240,000,000
| $6,000,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 4 blocks instead of 6.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Uncategorized
+
  | Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget || $2,980,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bernard Arnault
+
  | Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) || $840,000,000,000
| $41,000,000,000
+
  |}
  | Fourth
+
 
 +
===State government spending===
 +
 
 +
[map without amounts]
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Lakshmi Mittal
+
  | Total US states' debt || $46,000,000,000
| $31,100,000,000
+
  |}
  | Sixth
+
 
 +
====US foreign military aid====
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amancio Ortega
+
  ! Area !! Amount
| $31,000,000,000
 
| Seventh
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Eike Batista
+
  | Total || $11,010,000,000
| $30,000,000,000
 
| Eighth
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mukesh Ambani
+
  | Afghanistan || $5,800,000,000
| $27,000,000,000
 
| Ninth
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Walmart
+
  | Israel || $2,410,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Christy Walton and family
+
  | Egypt || $1,320,000,000
| $26,500,000,000
 
| Tenth
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Jim Walton
+
  | Other || $5,800,000,000
| $21,300,000,000
+
  |}
  |
+
 
 +
====US foreign humanitarian and economic aid====
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Alice Walton
+
  ! Area !! Amount
| $21,200,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | S. Robson Walton
+
  | Total || $11,010,000,000
| $21,000,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 +
| Iraq and Afghanistan || $5,370,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Fictional (source: ''Forbes'')
+
  | West Bank and Ghana || $1,050,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Carlisle Cullen
+
  | Africa (total) || $8,850,000,000
| $34,500,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Scrooge McDuck
+
  | Other || $19,130,000,000
| $33,500,000,000
+
  |}
  |
+
 
 +
===Ft. Knox gold reserves===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bruce Wayne
+
  ! Item !! Value
| $6,500,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Artemis Fowl
+
  | Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) || $245,900,000,000
| $1,900,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="4"|Fashion
+
  | Unclaimed US treasury bonds || $16,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Lilianne Bettencourt
+
  | All the tea in China || $4,210,000,000
| $23,500,000,000
+
  |}
  |
+
 
 +
===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.)
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Area !! Deductions
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ralph Lauren
+
  | Corporate tax deduction || $125,180,000,000
| $5,800,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ronald Lauder
+
  | Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income || $3,240,000,000
| $3,100,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Art and media
+
  | Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) || $21,390,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | George Lucas
+
  | Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment || $24,390,000,000
| $3,200,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Oprah Winfrey
+
  | Clean energy, space, science, and tech R&D || $13,900,000,000
| $3,200,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Five wealthiest rappers combined
+
  | Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance || $6,800,000,000
| $1,250,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | J. K. Rowling
+
  | Foreign corporation income financing rules || $13,680,000,000
| $1,000,000,000
+
|}
  |
+
 
 +
===Individual tax deductions===
 +
These are types of income, or uses of income, which the government has partly or fully exempt from tax, often to encourage some activity.  This can be thought of as "spent" tax revenue, although it's not quite that simple; there's no guarantee that removing the deduction would add that amount of revenue, because the presence of the deduction may be affecting taxpayers' spending habits.
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
  |-
 +
! Area !! Deductions
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="2"|Donald Trump
+
  | Small business health insurance|| $1,620,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Donald Trump
+
  | Federal employee expenses abroad || $7,910,000,000
| $2,700,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
|}
+
| EITC (anti-poverty low-income tax credit) || $78,760,000,000
 
 
Combined net worth of the world's 1,210 billionaires $4,500,000,000,000
 
 
 
===Corporations===
 
 
 
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Company !! Value
+
  | Donations to charity || $39,130,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Saudi Aramco (State-owned company—estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
+
  | Capital gains (investment income) || $78,760,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Apple || $358,310,000,000
+
  | Pension contributions || $84,940,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | ExxonMobil || $357,910,000,000
+
  | Other || $64,970,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | PetroChina || $280,160,000,000
+
  | Employee fringe benefits || $6,690,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | IBM || $211,640,000,000
+
  | Scholarships || $2,130,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Microsoft || $211,340,000,000 (the chart depicts 212 blocks instead of 211)
+
  | Property taxes || $15,710,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
+
  | Employer-provided transportation || $3,850,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | China Mobile || $201,510,000,000
+
  | Retirement accounts || $24,630,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Royal Dutch Shell || $199,780,000,000
+
  | Cafeteria plans || $26,760,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Nestlé || $193,700,000,000
+
  | State and local bonds || $19,560,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Chevron || $188,030,000,000
+
  | Company daycare || $3,140,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Facebook 2011 valuation || $70,000,000,000
+
  | College and university tax credits || $12,060,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase || $39,000,000,000
+
  | Mortgage interest || $92,040,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
+
  | Medicare Benefits || $55,850,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
+
  | Child care || $55,850,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | LivingSocial 2011 valuation || $2,980,000,000
+
  | Employer health plans || $107,140,000,000
  |}
+
  |-
 
+
| Making Work Pay (ending) || $60,510,000,000
 
+
|-
===Cost to buy the world a coke===
+
| First-time homebuyer credit || $8,820,000,000
 
+
|-
{| class="wikitable sortable"
+
| Veterans' benefits || $5,570,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Cost
+
  | Life insurance benefits || $25,750,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) || $2,240,000,000
+
  | Capital gains death exclusion || $25,750,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget || $2,980,000,000
+
  | Social security and railroad retirement || $27,170,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) || $840,000,000,000
+
  | Home sale capital gains || $15,200,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===US household income===
+
===Federal spending===
 
 
This section shows the money made every year in the US, broken into five pools of about $2 trillion each. The pools are sorted by income level—the top $2 trillion is made by a small number of wealthy households (the "one percent"), while the bottom $2 trillion represents the combined annual income of the poorer half of the country.
 
 
 
Note: Figures are only estimates—these statistics were computed using data from the Congressional Budget Office analysis of 2007 incomes, and have been subject to the normalizations detailed below.
 
  
 +
===Disasters===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Who !! # Households !! % Households !! Typical income/year !! Income
+
  ! Disaster !! Estimated Total Damage !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Japan 2011 Earthquake || $235,000,000,000 || reconstruction and recovery cost, World Bank estimate
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | The 1% || 1.6 million || 1.3 || >$400,000 || $1,397,000,000,000
+
  | Hurricane Katrina || $107,440,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | High incomes || 9 million || 8 || $150,000 - $400,000 || $1,411,000,000,000
+
  | 1988 US Drought || $78,060,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Upper incomes || 18 million || 16 || $90,000 - $150,000 || $1,553,000,000,000
+
  | 1980 US Drought || $60,740,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Upper middle incomes || 27 million || 23 || $55,000 - $90,000 || $1,610,000,000,000
+
  | Hurricane Andrew || $46,180,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | The bottom 50% || 63 million || ~50 || <$55,000 || $1,711,000,000,000
+
  | 9/11 insured losses || $40,000,000,000 || For hurricanes, the rule of thumb is that total losses are roughly double insured losses.  It is unclear if a similar rule exist for terrorism.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total || 118.6 million || 98.3 || || $7,682,910,000,000
+
  | Hurricane Ike || $28,170,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 +
| Hurricane Irene || $8,000,000,000 || (estimated)
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===Amount needed===
+
===Hypothetical disasters===
 
+
Estimated total losses if the disaster happened today
 +
(based on insurance industry modeling)
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Type !! Amount !! Notes
+
  ! Disaster !! Estimated Total Losses !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Required for poverty-line income || $2,602,000,000,000 || This is the amount that must be set aside from each pool to leave $22,350—roughly a poverty-line income—for each family in that pool. If taxes are cut into this region, then it forces the average after-tax income for the pool below $22,350. (Of course, many families in this group make less than that already.)
+
  | 1938 Long Island Express || $236,960,000,000 || if it had curved left and made landfall in New Jersey instead of Long Island
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Required for a middle-class income || $4,874,000,000,000 || This is the amount that must be set aside from each pool to leave $44,700—roughly double the poverty-line income—for each family in that pool.
+
  | 1812 New Madrid, Missouri earthquake || $206,050,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amount needed to give everyone an income over $100,000 || $7,070,000,000,000 || Amount which must be left in the pool to keep the average income above $100,000 (See descriptions below for details)
+
  | 1926 Miami hurricane || $202,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amount needed to give everyone an income over $250,000 || $8,836,000,000,000 || Amount which must be left in the pool to keep the average income above $250,000 (See descriptions below for details)
+
  | 1909 San Francisco earthquake || $197,810,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |}
+
  | 1907 Galveston hurricane || $82,420,000,000 ||
 
 
===Taxes===
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Type !! Amount !! Notes
+
  | Long Island Express || $78,060,000,000 || (1938 New England Hurricane)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | State taxes || $642,030,000,000 || Unlike federal taxes, state taxes are regressive—the poor pay a higher percentage of their income than the rich. This is because sales taxes, a large component of state revenues, fall disproportionately on the poor.
+
  | Charleston SC, quake of 1886 || $76,240,000,000 ||
|-
 
| Federal taxes || $2,192,180,000,000 || effective total federal taxes paid, after deductions and tax credits
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 +
| 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake || $12,360,000,000 ||
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
Note on methodology: these totals were calculated from an analysis of the 2007 CBO report on effective federal tax rates by income. There were some mismatches between figures on total income from various sources and combined CBO tax rates/federal revenue. The income totals here were adjusted for inflation and then scaled slightly to match federal tax revenue. This should only affect the total reported income and not the distribution of the tax burden or the rough makeup of the quintiles.
+
===Cost of electricity===
 +
(Price of electricity to power all US homes for a year, by plant type)
 +
{| class=“wikitable sortable”}'''Bold text'''
 +
|-
 +
!Plant Type !! Cost !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
|Advance combined cycle natural gas || 78,100,000,000
 +
|-
 +
|Conventional Coal+Public Health Burden in Appalacia [sic]+Air pollution from power plants+Climate Impact || 117,340,000,000+55,400,000,000+118,300,000,000+40,030,000,000
 +
 
 +
 
  
===State government spending===
+
|}
  
[map without amounts]
+
===BP oil spill claims fund===
  
 +
===New York CIty===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total US states' debt || $46,000,000,000
+
  ! Area !! Combined Property Value
|}
 
 
 
====US foreign military aid====
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Amount !! Notes
+
  | New York City || $806,490,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total || $11,010,000,000 ||
+
  | Manhattan || $281,040,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Afghanistan || $5,800,000,000 ||
+
  | Queens || $208,180,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Israel || $2,410,000,000 ||
+
  | Brooklyn || $201,230,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Egypt || $1,320,000,000 ||
+
  | Staten Island || $61,230,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $5,800,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $1,480,000,000.
+
  | Bronx || $54,660,000,000
|}
+
|}
 +
 
 +
===Megaprojects===
  
====US foreign humanitarian and economic aid====
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Amount
+
  ! Project !! Cost !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total || $34,410,000,000
+
  | National missile defense shield cost through 2013 || $107,690,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Iraq and Afghanistan || $5,370,000,000
+
  | F-22 Raptor program || $67,610,000,000 || halted
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | West Bank and Ghana || $1,050,000,000
+
  | Planned Russian Bering Strait tunnel || $66,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Africa (total) || $8,850,000,000
+
  | Obama's 2011 high-speed rail proposal || $53,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $19,130,000,000
+
  | Cost to build SF-to-LA high-speed rail || $45,000,000,000 ||
|}
 
 
 
===Ft. Knox gold reserves===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Value
+
  | UK Crossrail || $26,490,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) || $245,900,000,000
+
  | King Abdullah Economic City || $50,020,000,000 || High-speed rail $9,120,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Unclaimed US treasury bonds || $16,000,000,000
+
  | Hong Kong International airport || $27,120,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | All the tea in China || $4,210,000,000
+
  | Manhattan Project || $24,400,000,000 ||
|}
 
 
 
===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.)
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Deductions !! Notes
+
  | 2nd Avenue NYC subway line || $17,960,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Corporate tax deduction || $125,180,000,000 ||
+
  | Big Dig cost || $18,510,000,000 || as of 2008
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income || $3,240,000,000 ||
+
  | Failed Army intelligence-sharing computer system || $2,700,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) || $21,390,000,000 ||
+
  | Bay Bridge span replacement || $6,300,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment || $24,390,000,000 ||
+
  | Downtown Dubai project || $20,270,000,000 || Burj Khalifa $1,520,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Clean energy, space, science and tech R&D || $13,900,000,000 ||
+
  | Channel Tunnel || $22,960,000,000 ||
|-
 
| Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance || $6,800,000,000 ||
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Foreign corporation income financing rules || $13,680,000,000 ||
+
  | Nimitz-class carrier || $4,930,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $41,740,000,000 || Rounded down to 41 blocks
+
  | Gerald R. Ford-class carrier || $9,000,000,000 ||
|}
 
 
 
===Individual tax deductions===
 
 
 
These are types of income, or uses of income, which the government has partly or fully exempt from tax, often to encourage some activity. This can be thought of as 'spent' tax revenue, although it's not quite that simple; there's no guarantee [that] removing the deduction would add that amount to revenue, because the presence of the deduction may be affecting taxpayers' spending habits.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Deductions !! Notes
+
  | Amtrak 30-year plan for northeast corridor || $192,000,000,000 || Randall made a mistake here the value represented by the blocks is $117,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Small business health insurance|| $1,620,000,000 ||
+
  | City Qatar is building to host the 2022 World Cup || $207,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal employee expenses abroad || $7,910,000,000 ||
+
  | Apollo moon landing project || $192,000,000,000 ||  
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | EITC (anti-poverty low-income tax credit) || $78,760,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $56,460,000,000.
+
  | International Space Station || $138,000,000,000 ||  
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Donations to charity || $39,130,000,000 ||
+
  | Space Shuttle program || $194,620,000,000 ||  
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Capital gains (investment income) || $78,760,000,000 ||
+
  | US interstate highway system || $465,970,000,000 || The largest single public-works project in the history of mankind
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Federal budget===
 +
 
 +
===Budget options===
 +
 
 +
===Stimulus spending===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Pension contributions || $84,940,000,000 ||
+
  ! Item !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $64,970,000,000 ||
+
  | 2008 Total || $205,930,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Employee fringe benefits || $6,690,000,000 ||
+
  | Individual tax breaks || $120,110,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Scholarships || $2,130,000,000 ||
+
  | Student loan guarantees || $33,470,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Property taxes || $15,710,000,000 ||
+
  | Business tax breaks || $52,360,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Employer-provided transportation || $3,850,000,000 ||
+
  | 2009 Total || $747,950,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Retirement accounts || $24,630,000,000 || Rounded down to 24 blocks.
+
  | Tax breaks || $307,530,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cafeteria plans || $26,760,000,000 || Rounded down to 26 blocks.
+
  | Education || $90,460,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | State and local bonds || $19,560,000,000 || Rounded down to 19 blocks.
+
  | Medicare/Medicaid || $80,500,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Company daycare || $3,140,000,000 ||
+
  | Transportation || $32,560,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | College and university tax credits || $12,060,000,000 ||
+
  | Unemployment || $62,740,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mortgage interest || $92,040,000,000 ||
+
  | Infrastructure || $24,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Medicare Benefits || $55,850,000,000 || Rounded down to 55 blocks
+
  | Other spending || $150,160,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Bailouts===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Child care || $55,850,000,000 || The chart depicts 104 blocks instead of 107.
+
  ! Item !! Value !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Employer health plans || $107,140,000,000 ||
+
  | 1980s-1990 S&L bailout || $78,300,000,000 || total cost to taxpayers
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Making Work Pay (ending) || $60,510,000,000 || The chart depicts 64 blocks instead of 61.
+
  | Cost to FDIC of bank failures || $19,000,000,000 || resulting from the 2008 financial crisis
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | First-time homebuyer credit || $8,820,000,000 ||
+
  | TARP bailout funds distributed || $392,980,000,000 || Out of $700,000,000,000 available
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Veterans' benefits || $5,570,000,000 ||
+
  | Estimated TARP taxpayer losses || $41,660,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Life insurance benefits || $25,750,000,000 ||
+
  | Value of outstanding TARP assets || $144,440,000 || Randall made a mistake here the chart should read $144,440,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Capital gains death exclusion || $25,750,000,000 ||
+
  | Bailout funds returned || $206,880,000,000 ||
|-
 
| Social security and railroad retirement || $27,170,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Home sale capital gains || $15,200,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Total || $964,970,000,000 ||
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 +
| Current Eurozone bailout fund || $1,361,700,000,000 ||
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===Federal spending===
+
===US Spending on Wars===
 +
Including only direct spending on war operations, and not resulting veterans' benefits or interest on debt incurred.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Value
+
  ! War !! Cost
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Annual deficit || $1,394,530,000,000
+
  | World War I || $334,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Additional receipts || $83,230,000,000
+
  | Spanish-American War || $9,030,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Taxes raised || $2,192,180,000,000
+
  | Civil War || $79,740,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===Disasters===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Disaster !! Estimated Total Damage !! Notes
+
  | American revolution || $2,410,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Japan 2011 Earthquake || $235,000,000,000 || reconstruction and recovery cost, World Bank estimate
+
  | 1812 || $1,550,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hurricane Katrina || $107,440,000,000 ||
+
  | Mexican War || $2,380,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1988 US Drought || $78,060,000,000 || The chart depicts 83 blocks instead of 78
+
  | World War II || $4,104,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1980 US Drought || $60,740,000,000 ||
+
  | Korean War || $341,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hurricane Andrew || $46,180,000,000 ||
+
  | Vietnam War || $738,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 9/11 insured losses || $40,000,000,000 || For hurricanes, the rule of thumb is that total losses are roughly double insured losses. It is unclear if a similar rule exists for terrorism.
+
  | Persian Gulf War || $102,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hurricane Ike || $28,170,000,000 ||
+
  | Iraq War || $784,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hurricane Irene || $8,000,000,000 || (estimated) (the chart depicts 10 blocks instead of 8)
+
  | War in Afghanistan || $321,000,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===Hypothetical disasters===
+
</div>
  
Estimated total losses if the disaster happened today
+
==Trillions==
(based on insurance industry modeling)
+
<div class="toccolours mw-collapsible mw-collapsed">
  
 +
===Size of derivatives markets by year===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Disaster !! Estimated Total Losses !! Notes
+
  ! Year !! Size of market
 +
|-
 +
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1938 Long Island Express || $236,960,000,000 || if it had curved left and made landfall in New Jersey instead of Long Island (rounded down to 236 blocks)
+
  | 2001 || $86,390,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1812 New Madrid, Missouri earthquake || $206,050,000,000 ||
+
  | 2005 || $227,260,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1926 Miami hurricane || $202,000,000,000 ||
+
  | 2009 || $439,000,000,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
====Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)====
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1906 San Francisco earthquake || $197,810,000,000 ||
+
  ! Year !! Size of market
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1900 Galveston hurricane || $82,420,000,000 ||
+
  | 2001 || $1,150,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Long Island Express || $78,060,000,000 || (1938 New England Hurricane)
+
  | 2005 || $19,350,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Charleston SC, quake of 1886 || $76,240,000,000 ||
+
  | 2007 || $66,280,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake || $12,360,000,000 ||
+
  | 2009 || $31,350,000,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===Cost of electricity===
 
 
(Price of electricity to power all US homes for a year, by plant type)
 
  
 +
===US household net worth===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Plant Type !! Cost !! Notes
+
  ! Item !! Worth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Advance combined cycle natural gas || 78,100,000,000 ||
+
  | US household || $58,740,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Conventional Coal (without societal costs) || 117,340,000,000 ||
+
  | Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | External societal costs from the use of that amount of coal power || $226,690,000,000 || Harvard Medical School analysis. The range of possible values was $119b to $342b. Most of the uncertainty was due to potentially lower costs from air pollution or higher ones from climate change.
+
  | Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Public Health Burden in Appalacia [sic] || $55,400,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $60,400,000,000.
+
  | Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Total debt in the US===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Air pollution from power plants || $118,300,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $123,300,000,000.
+
  ! Item !! Worth
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Climate Impact || $40,030,000,000 ||
+
  | Total debt in the US || $36,580,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Advanced coal with carbon capture || $168,590,000,000 ||
+
  | State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Biomass || $139,250,000,000 || Estimates of climate impact vary wildly Consensus seems to be more than nothing but less than coal.
+
  | Household || $13,560,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Geothermal || $125,880,000,000 ||
+
  | Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Advanced nuclear || $140,980,000,000 || Little impact on climate/air, but hard to find assessments of meltdown and fuel storage costs/risks. Some past costs shown for perspective.
+
  | Business || $10,980,000,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===World GDP===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hydroelectric || $106,940,000,000 ||
+
  ! Area !! GDP
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Wind || $120,070,000,000 ||
+
  | World || $62,900,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Offshore wind || $301,030,000,000 ||
+
  | North America || $17,850,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Solar (photovoltaic) || $260,800,000,000 ||
+
  | United States || $14,530,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Solar (thermal) || $385,940,000,000 ||
+
  | South America || $3,070,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |}
+
  | EU || $16,240,000,000,000
 
 
===Nuclear accidents===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  !Accident !! Cost !! Notes
+
  | Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) || $20,130,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Fukushima meltdown estimated total cost to Japan || $131,100,000,000 || Compare to $128,590,000,000 for deaths from quake/tsunami
+
  | Africa || $1,610,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Fukushima cost from 300 extra cancer deaths (EPA conversion) || $2,570,000,000 ||
+
  | Asia || $17,530,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Belarus estimated 30-year costs from Chernobyl || $282,350,000,000 ||
+
  | Oceania || $1,310,000,000,000
|-
 
| Cost of estimated 42,457 Chernobyl deaths (EPA method) || $344,750,000,000 ||
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===BP oil spill claims fund===
+
===Total public debt===
 +
(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Value
+
  ! Area !! Debt !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | BP oil spill claims fund || $20,270,000,000
+
  | EU (total) || $13,340,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami aid from all countries || $15,840,000,000
+
  | United States || $10,200,000,000,000 || (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Worldwide aid to Somalia since 1991 || $55,000,000,000
+
  | Japan || $8,630,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | G8/IMF loan pledge to Arab Spring || $73,000,000,000
+
  | Germany || $2,480,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Japan's contribution to TEPCO victim fund || $62,000,000,000
+
  | Italy || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to fund Wikipedia at current levels for 100 years || $1,850,000,000
+
  | India || $2,140,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to provide free yearly tax prep to every US household || $8,450,000,000
+
  | China || $1,907,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to give every US 18 year-old a free degree at a community college || $46,340,000,000
+
  | France || $1,767,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Additional cost to fund all US schools at magnet school levels || $46,340,000,000
+
  | United Kingdom || $1,654,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Annual cost to send every US child to a university for free || $127,610,000,000
+
  | Brazil || $1,281,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to buy the Amazon rainforest || $130,000,000,000 || $100/acre going rate for poor-access land
+
  | Canada || $1,130,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | UBS loss from one rogue trader || $2,300,000,000
+
  | Spain || $834,210,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | DoE loan to CA Valley Solar Ranch Project || $1,200,000,000
+
  | Mexico || $584,860,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Apple's cash on hand || $76,200,000,000
+
  | Greece || $460,180,000,000 ||
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
===New York City===
+
 
 +
===Energy reserves===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Combined Property Value !! Notes
+
  ! Type of energy !! World total proven [type] reserves !! US Reserves
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | New York City || $806,490,000,000 ||
+
  | Oil || $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) || $20,580,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Manhattan || $281,040,000,000 ||
+
  | Coal || $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) || $20,020,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Queens || $208,180,000,000 || rounded up to 209 blocks
+
  | 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:===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Brooklyn || $201,230,000,000 ||
+
  ! Thing !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Staten Island || $61,380,000,000 ||
+
  | Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bronx || $54,660,000,000 || rounded down to 54 blocks
+
  | Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
|}
+
|}
  
===Megaprojects===
+
===All US real estate===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Project !! Cost !! Notes
+
  ! Type !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | National missile defense shield cost through 2013 || $107,690,000,000 ||
+
  | All || $28,380,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | F-22 Raptor program (halted) || $67,610,000,000 || The chart depicts 61 blocks instead of 68.
+
  | Home || $23,010,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Planned Russian Bering Strait tunnel || $66,000,000,000 || The chart depicts 56 blocks instead of 66.
+
  | Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) || $5,370,000,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Value of all gold ever mined===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Obama's 2011 high-speed rail proposal || $53,000,000,000 ||
+
  ! Item !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to build SF-to-LA high-speed rail || $45,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) || $9,120,000,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
===Liquid Assets===
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | UK Crossrail || $26,490,000,000 ||
+
  ! Item !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | King Abdullah Economic City || $50,020,000,000 || High-speed rail $9,120,000,000
+
  | World Total Liquid Assets || $77,000,000,000,000
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
 
 +
===GDP by year===
 +
{|class=wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hong Kong International airport || $27,120,000,000 ||
+
  ! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Manhattan Project || $24,400,000,000 || Rounded up to 25 blocks
+
  | 1920 || || ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2nd Avenue NYC subway line || $17,960,000,000 || Rounded down to 17 blocks
+
  | 1930 || || ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Big Dig cost || $18,510,000,000 || as of 2008 (rounded down to 18 blocks)
+
  | 1940 || || ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Failed Army intelligence-sharing computer system || $2,700,000,000 ||
+
  | 1942 || || || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bay Bridge span replacement || $6,300,000,000 ||
+
  | 1943 || || || $1,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Downtown Dubai project || $20,270,000,000 || Burj Khalifa $1,520,000,000
+
  | 1944 || || || $1,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Channel Tunnel || $22,960,000,000 ||
+
  | 1945 || || || $1,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | ''Nimitz''-class carrier || $4,930,000,000 ||
+
  | 1946 || || || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | ''Gerald R. Ford''-class carrier || $9,000,000,000 ||
+
  | 1947 || || $2,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amtrak 30-year plan for northeast corridor || $192,000,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $117,000,000,000.
+
  | 1948 || || $2,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | City Qatar is building to host the 2022 World Cup || $207,000,000,000 ||
+
  | 1949 || || $2,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Apollo moon landing project || $192,000,000,000 ||
+
  | 1950 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | International Space Station || $138,000,000,000 ||
+
  | 1951 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Space Shuttle program || $194,620,000,000 ||
+
  | 1952 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US interstate highway system || $465,970,000,000 || The largest single public-works project in the history of mankind
+
  | 1953 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
|}
 
 
 
===Federal budget===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Category
 
! Item
 
! Price
 
! Notes
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="8"|General/Legislative
+
  | 1954 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Policy and regulation
+
  | 1955 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
| $629,460,000
 
| Merged into one block with Management.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Fiscal assistance
+
  | 1956 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
| $5,150,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Property and records
+
  | 1957 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
| $1,550,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Legislative
+
  | 1958 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
| $4,140,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Fiscal operations
+
  | 1959 || || $3,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
| $12,070,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Management
+
  | 1960 || || $3,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
| $535,000,000
 
| Merged into one block with Policy and regulation.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1961 || || $3,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
| $24,074,460,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Energy
+
  | 1962 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Conservation
+
  | 1963 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $5,070,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Supply
+
  | 1964 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $5,870,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Policy and regulation
+
  | 1965 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $629,460,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Preparedness
+
  | 1966 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $201,710,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1967 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $11,771,170,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="4"|Science/Tech
+
  | 1968 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | General R&D
+
  | 1969 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $12,850,000,000
 
| Rounded down to 12 blocks.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Space
+
  | 1970 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $18,620,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1971 || || $5,500,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $31,470,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="4"|Agriculture
+
  | 1972 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Farm income
+
  | 1973 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $16,830,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | R&D and services
+
  | 1974 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
| $4,820,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1975 || || $5,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
| $21,650,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="6"|Justice
+
  | 1976 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Law Enforcement
+
  | 1977 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
| $28,140,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Criminal justice assistance
+
  | 1978 || || $6,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
| $4,920,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Legal
+
  | 1979 || || $7,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
| $13,250,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Corrections
+
  | 1980 || $19,000,000,000,000 || $6,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
| $7,850,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1981 || $19,000,000,000,000 || $6,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
| $54,160,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Community and regional development
+
  | 1982 || $19,000,000,000,000 || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Community
+
  | 1983 || $20,000,000,000,000 || $6,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $10,040,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Regional
+
  | 1984 || $20,000,000,000,000 || $7,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $3,290,000,000
 
| Label swapped with Disaster relief.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Disaster relief
+
  | 1985 || $22,000,000,000,000 || $7,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $10,800,000,000
 
| Label swapped with Regional.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1986 || $23,000,000,000,000 || $7,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $24,130,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Transportation
+
  | 1987 || $23,500,000,000,000 || $7,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Air
+
  | 1988 || $25,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $21,720,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Water
+
  | 1989 || $26,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $9,480,000,000
 
| Rounded up to 10 bocks.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ground
+
  | 1990 || $27,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $61,610,000,000
 
| Rounded down to 61 blocks.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1991 || $27,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $92,810,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="7"|Education and job training
+
  | 1992 || $31,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Social services
+
  | 1993 || $32,500,000,000,000 || $8,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $19,440,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Research and other labor
+
  | 1994 || $33,000,000,000,000 || $9,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $5,470,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Training/employment
+
  | 1995 || $34,000,000,000,000 || $9,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $9,990,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Higher education
+
  | 1996 || $34,500,000,000,000 || $9,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $20,300,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | K-12 and vocational education
+
  | 1997 || $36,500,000,000,000 || $9,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $74,260,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 73 blocks instead of 74.
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 1998 || $36,500,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
| $129,460,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="7"|Natural resources
+
  | 1999 || $37,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Pollution control
+
  | 2000 || $39,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
| $10,990,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Conservation
+
  | 2001 || $39,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
| $10,930,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Recreation
+
  | 2002 || $41,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
| $3,960,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other resources
+
  | 2003 || $42,500,000,000,000 || $11,000,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
| $6,560,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Water
+
  | 2004 || $45,000,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
| $11,810,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 2005 || $46,500,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
| $44,250,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="5"|Health/Medicaid
+
  | 2006 || $50,000,000,000,000 || $12,000,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Health care
+
  | 2007 || $53,000,000,000,000 || $12,000,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
| $335,320,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Safety
+
  | 2008 || $57,500,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
| $4,200,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Research
+
  | 2009 || $56,500,000,000,000 || $11,000,000,000,000 || $3,500,000,000,000
| $34,670,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total
+
  | 2010 || $61,000,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $3,500,000,000,000
| $374,080,000,000
 
|
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! rowspan="2"|Interest on debt
+
  | 2011 || $64,500,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $4,000,000,000,000
|-
+
  |}
|
+
 
| $198,870,000,000
+
===Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)===
  |
+
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
! rowspan="3"|Social Security
+
! Thing !! Value !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
|
+
  | Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) || $2,396,950,000,000,000 || (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980)
| $716,360,000,000
+
  |}
|
+
</div>
|-
 
| Federal payments to dead retirees
 
| $120,200,000
 
|
 
|-
 
! rowspan="8"|Income security
 
|-
 
| Other income aid
 
| $184,350,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Food aid
 
| $96,410,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Retirement and disability (non-SS)
 
| $6,650,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Housing
 
| $59,450,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Government retirement and disability
 
| $121,500,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Unemployment
 
| $162,330,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Total
 
| $630,680,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
! rowspan="7"|Veterans
 
|-
 
| Other
 
| $4,940,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Training and rehab
 
| $8,200,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Housing
 
| $547,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Medical care
 
| $46,340,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Unemployment
 
| $49,830,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Total
 
| $109,860,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
! rowspan="10"|Military
 
|-
 
| R&D
 
| $78,040,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Housing
 
| $3,220,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Nuclear security
 
| $19,580,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| "Defense-related"
 
| $7,670,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Construction
 
| $21,460,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Personnel
 
| $157,810,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Operations
 
| $279,750,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Equipment
 
| $135,420,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Total
 
| $703,030,000,000
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
===Budget options===
 
 
 
Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office of the effect of various hypothetical policy decisions on annual tax revenue averaged over the next ten years.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Category
 
! Item
 
! Price
 
|-
 
! rowspan="4"|Cost of existing tax cuts (Loss in annual revenue if tax cuts are made permanent)
 
|-
 
| 2001 (Bush) tax cuts
 
| $158,240,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2003 (Bush) capital gains tax cuts
 
| $27,190,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2010 (Obama) payroll tax cut
 
| $111,700,000,000
 
|-
 
! rowspan="4"|Potential new taxes (Increase in annual tax revenue if implimented)
 
|-
 
| Raise corporate taxes by one percentage point
 
| $10,060,000,000
 
|-
 
| Legalize marijuana (and tax it at levels similar to tobacco)
 
| $7,020,000,000
 
|-
 
| Institute tax on CO2 emissions
 
| $10,060,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $118,000,000,000)
 
|}
 
 
 
===Stimulus spending===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! Year
 
! Item
 
! Value
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
| rowspan="5"|2008
 
|-
 
| Individual tax breaks
 
| $120,110,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Student loan guarantees
 
| $33,470,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Business tax breaks
 
| $52,360,000,000
 
| Rounded up to 53 blocks.
 
|-
 
| Total
 
| $205,930,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| rowspan="9"|2009
 
|-
 
| Tax breaks
 
| $307,530,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 318 blocks.
 
|-
 
| Education
 
| $90,460,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 92 blocks.
 
|-
 
| Medicare/Medicaid
 
| $80,500,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 89 blocks.
 
|-
 
| Transportation
 
| $32,560,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Unemployment
 
| $62,740,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Infrastructure
 
| $24,000,000,000
 
|
 
|-
 
| Other
 
| $150,160,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 183 blocks.
 
|-
 
| Total
 
| $747,950,000,000
 
| The chart depicts 800 blocks.
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
===Bailouts===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Item !! Value !! Notes
 
|-
 
| 1980s-1990 S&L bailout || $78,300,000,000 || total cost to taxpayers (the chart depicts 180 blocks)
 
|-
 
| Cost to FDIC of bank failures || $19,000,000,000 || resulting from the 2008 financial crisis
 
|-
 
| TARP bailout funds distributed || $392,980,000,000 || Out of $700,000,000,000 available
 
|-
 
| Estimated TARP taxpayer losses || $41,660,000,000 || The chart depicts 36 blocks instead of 42.
 
|-
 
| Value of outstanding TARP assets || $144,440,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $144,440,000,000.
 
|-
 
| Bailout funds returned || $206,880,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Current Eurozone bailout fund || $1,361,700,000,000 || The chart depicts 1162 blocks instead of 1362.
 
|}
 
 
 
===Federal Payments===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Item !! Cost !! Notes
 
|-
 
| Annual improper federal payments comprising fraud, abuse and poorly-documented payments || $125,400,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Federal payments to dead retirees || $120,200,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Ground Zero medical expenses fund || $2,800,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| NEA-estimated cost to bring all US schools into good repair || $413,300,000,000,000 || The chart depicts 423 blocks instead of 413.
 
|-
 
| Annual economic cost of unmaintained infrastructure || $129,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Estimated direct annual agricultural value of bees || $220,000,000,000 ||
 
|}
 
 
 
===Military/Security Spending===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Item !! Cost
 
|-
 
| Wasted money in Afghanistan/Iraq war contracts || $60,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Reconstruction money reportedly missing || $18,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Total US spending since 2001 to secure borders || $90,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| US nuclear arms spending during the Cold War || $2,818,300,000,000
 
|-
 
| Ballistic missile submarines || $451,360,000,000
 
|-
 
| Ballistic missiles to put on those submarines || $136,690,000,000
 
|-
 
| The $87 billion which John Kerry voted for/against || $101,800,000,000
 
|-
 
| "Star Wars" missile defense system (1987 Heritage Foundation estimate) || $185,300,000,000
 
|}
 
 
 
===US Spending on Wars===
 
 
 
Including only direct spending on war operations, and not the resulting veterans' benefits or interest on debt incurred.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! War !! Cost !! Notes
 
|-
 
| World War I || $334,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Spanish-American War || $9,030,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Civil War || $79,740,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| American revolution || $2,410,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| 1812 || $1,550,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Mexican War || $2,380,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| World War II || $4,104,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Korean War || $341,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Vietnam War || $738,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Persian Gulf War || $102,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Iraq War || $784,000,000,000 || The chart depicts 786 blocks.
 
|-
 
| War in Afghanistan || $321,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Total || $804,410,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $8,044,100,000,000.
 
|}
 
 
 
==Trillions==
 
===Size of derivatives market by year===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Year !! Amount !! Notes
 
|-
 
| 1988 || $3,090,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| 1995 || $26,690,000,000,000 || Rounded down to 26 blocks.
 
|-
 
| 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)===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Year !! Amount
 
|-
 
| 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===
 
 
 
$58,740,000,000,000
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Item !! Net Worth
 
|-
 
| Richest 1% || $19,620,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Richer half || $57,270,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Poorer half || $1,470,000,000,000
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
===Total debt in the US===
 
 
 
$36,560,000,000,000
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Item !! Debt
 
|-
 
| Household || $13,560,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| State and local government || $2,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Federal government || $9,510,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Business || $10,980,000,000,000
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
===World GDP===
 
 
 
$62,900,000,000,000
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Region !! GDP
 
|-
 
| 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.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Region !! 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 ||
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
===World total===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Item !! Value !! Notes
 
|-
 
| proven oil reserves || $131,960,000,000,000 || November 2011 prices
 
|-
 
| US reserves || $20,580,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| proven coal reserves || $72,850,000,000,000 || 2011 central Appalachian prices
 
|-
 
| US reserves || $20,020,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| proven natural gas reserves || $21,470,000,000,000 || 2011 NYMEX prices
 
|-
 
| US reserves || $930,470,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| liquid assets || $77,000,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
  | Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far, roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) || $2,396,950,000,000,000 || largest single amount of money in this comic
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
===Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas were converted to:===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Item !! Value
 
|-
 
| Solar power plants || $89,240,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| Wind turbines || $7,950,000,000,000
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
===All US real estate===
 
 
 
$28,380,000,000,000
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
! Type !! Value !! Notes
 
|-
 
| Home || $23,010,000,000,000 ||
 
|-
 
| Commercial || $5,370,000,000,000 || includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
===Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices)===
 
 
 
$9,120,000,000,000
 
 
 
===GDP by year===
 
{|class="wikitable sortable"
 
|-
 
! Year !! GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus the US) !! GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) !! US federal government
 
  |-
 
| 1920 || || ||
 
|-
 
| 1930 || || ||
 
|-
 
| 1940 || || ||
 
|-
 
| 1942 || || || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1943 || || || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1944 || || || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1945 || || || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1946 || || || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1947 || || $2,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1948 || || $2,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1949 || || $2,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1950 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1951 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1952 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1953 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1954 || || $2,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1955 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1956 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1957 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1958 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1959 || || $3,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1960 || || $3,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1961 || || $3,500,000,000,000 || $500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1962 || || $3,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1963 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1964 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1965 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1966 || || $4,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1967 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1968 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1969 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1970 || || $5,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1971 || || $5,500,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1972 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1973 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1974 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1975 || || $5,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1976 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1977 || || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1978 || || $6,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1979 || || $7,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1980 || $19,000,000,000,000 || $6,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1981 || $19,000,000,000,000 || $6,500,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1982 || $19,500,000,000,000 || $6,000,000,000,000 || $1,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1983 || $20,000,000,000,000 || $6,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1984 || $20,000,000,000,000 || $7,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1985 || $22,000,000,000,000 || $7,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1986 || $23,000,000,000,000 || $7,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1987 || $23,500,000,000,000 || $7,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1988 || $25,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1989 || $26,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1990 || $27,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1991 || $27,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1992 || $31,000,000,000,000 || $8,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1993 || $32,500,000,000,000 || $8,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1994 || $33,000,000,000,000 || $9,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1995 || $34,000,000,000,000 || $9,000,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1996 || $34,500,000,000,000 || $9,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1997 || $36,500,000,000,000 || $9,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1998 || $36,500,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 1999 || $37,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2000 || $39,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2001 || $39,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2002 || $41,000,000,000,000 || $10,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2003 || $42,500,000,000,000 || $11,000,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2004 || $45,000,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $2,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2005 || $47,500,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2006 || $50,000,000,000,000 || $12,000,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2007 || $53,000,000,000,000 || $12,000,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2008 || $58,500,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $3,000,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2009 || $57,500,000,000,000 || $11,000,000,000,000 || $3,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2010 || $61,000,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $3,500,000,000,000
 
|-
 
| 2011 || $63,500,000,000,000 || $11,500,000,000,000 || $4,000,000,000,000
 
|}
 
 
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