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Dollars

Object Price
$1 Bill $1
Apples (one dozen) $5.68
Oranges (one dozen) $3.08
$10 Bill $10
Dollar menu item $1.00
Daily interest on average credit card debt $5.63
Starbucks Coffee $2.00

Average US restaurant meals

Meal Price
Average single US restaurant meal $35.65
Average meal at the 20 costliest San Francisco restaurants $85.27

Game Consoles

Console Price
PS3 $250
Xbox 360 $200
Wii $150

Dinner for four

Meal Price
Homemade rice and pinto beans $9.26 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $41.80)
Homemade chicken dinner $13.78 (With time cost of two hours of shopping, travel, prep and cleanup: $46.32)
McDonalds $27.89 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $36.03)
Arby’s $34.00 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $42.13)
Chili’s $69.64 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $77.78)
Outback Steakhouse $109.82 (With time cost of 30 minutes travel: $117.96)

Loose change value per pound

Change Price
Loose change value per pound $12.80
Loose change with no quarters $5.40
Annual value of pennies received in change (at one daily cash purchase) $7.30
Loose change with no pennies $17.40

Daily income

Objects Price
Median household daily income $136.28
Taxes $32.16
After-tax $104.12

Miscellaneous

Object Price
Kindle Fire $199
Men’s suit $400
Low-end bicycle $190
Basic iPad $499
iPad+3G+ a year of data $869
Basic Macbook Air $999
Netbook $249.99
iPod Nano $129
Mac Mini $599
Comcast cable internet for a year ($59.99/month) $719.88
Paperback book $6.80
Hardcover book $32.27
Audio book $50.42
Kindle $79.00
New video game $49.99
Traditional cell phone average monthly fee $77.36
Smartphone average monthly fee $110.30
Kindle keyboard + 3G $139

Loose change

Object Price
One-gallon jug of loose change $270

Pet ownership

Based on ASPCA estimations

Pet Price
Annual cost of rabbit ownership $730
Annual cost of dog ownership $695
Annual cost of cat ownership $670
Annual cost of fish ownership $35
Annual cost of bird ownership $200
Annual cost of small mammal ownership $300

Cell phone bill

Phone Price
Traditional cell phone average annual bill $928.30
Smartphone average annual bill $1,320

Worker/CEO comparison

Worker/CEO and year Price
1965 production worker average hourly wage $19.61
2007 production worker average hourly wage $19.71
Typical 1965 CEO pay for the same period $490.31
Typical 2007 CEO pay for the same period $5419.97

Thousands

Typical household net worth by head of household’s age

1984 Age 2009
$11,680 <35 years $3,710
$72,090 35-44 years $40,140
$115,060 45-54 years $103,040
$149,240 55-64 years $164,270
$122,100 >65 years $172,820

Raising a child to age 17

Life class Price
Upper income $302,860
Middle income $206,920
Lower income $206,920

Vacation package from New England

Trip Price
All-inclusive one-week trip for two to St. Lucia resort (incl. flights) $3,204
Twenty week-long Hawaiian vacations $136,020

Typical trip from US West Coast

Trip Price
Typical week-long Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) $6,801
Typical weekend Hawaii trip for two (incl. flights) $2,863

Cancer treatment in comparison to school prices

Thing Price
Cancer treatment including chemo $117,260
Estimated one-year Hogwarts cost (incl. tuition) $43,000
Seven-year Hogwarts degree $301,000
Average community college tuition $10,340

(One year $2,580)

Average in-state university tuition $28,920

(One year $7,230)

Golden Opulence ice cream sundae

Thing Price
Golden Opulence ice cream sundae $1,000
Average smartphone annual cost $1.320
Average used car $8,910
Average new car $27,230
High-end bicycle $1,500
One Starbucks latte per day $1.820

Income per capita

Country Price
United States 2005 per capita income $32,360
Switzerland 2005 per capita income $29,910
Germany 2005 per capita income $27,550
UK 2005 per capita income $23,240
France 2005 per capita income $16,400
China 2005 per capita income $3,540
Brazil 2005 per capita income $5,540

Rural houses

Thing Price
Small rural house $100,000
Typical new home $224,910
Daily sales of Minecraft $193,500

Health

Thing Price
Average individual health insurance annual premium $5,430
Typing F-U-N-D-S $10,000
A daily pack of cigarettes for a year (NJ) $3,050
Waist deep half-room ball pit $2,400
All 30 bestselling game consoles (refurb, eBay) $2,640

Annual costs of cars and houses

Thing Price
Annual cost of car ownership $3,650
Typical annual household spending $5,650
Average household CC debt $9,960
Annual cost to carry that debt $2,090

Typical annual housing cost for various cities

City Price
NYC $25,416
San Francisco $21,888
Boston $18,216
Los Angeles $17,640
Washington DC $16,380
Chicago $13,664
Worcester $12,456
Houston $11,888
Minneapolis $10,908
Detroit $10,080
Salt Lake City $9,108
Scranton $8,60

Prince William and Kate Middleton

Thing Price
Initial seat on Virgin Galactic suborbital flight $200,000
Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake $78,000
Kate Middleton's wedding dress $350,000
Flower cost for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding $800,000

Value of an investment of $1,000/year

(NOT changing with inflation) for 30 years at 5% annual interest:

Time Value of investment Real value
1 year $1,000
5 years $5,526
10 years $12,850
15 years $21,580
20 years $33,070
25 years $47,730
30 years $66,440 $27,370
30 years ($30,000 saved in mattress) $30,000 $12,360
30 years ($1,000/yr at 4% real return (long-term stock + divident average) $56,080

Total cost to buy and own selected vehicles for five years

Car Price If gas were $10/gallon
Honda Insight $27,874
Toyota Prius $38,771 $48,990
Jeep Patriot $35,425
Honda Fit $28,745 $45,233
BMW Z4 $61,312
Ford Explorer $45,524 $69,076
Toyota Camry $34,679
smart fortwo $29,629 $45,058
Honda CR-V $35,183
Chevy Volt $42,180 $50,612
Hyundai Sonata $34,644
Ford F-150 $48,734 $77,111
Nissan Cube $29,383
Porsche 911 $91,590

Typical annual household income

Percentile Income
Bottom 20% $10,200
Second 20% $24,800
Middle 20% $44,400
Fourth 20% $76,100
Top 10% $201,100
Top 1% $822,000
Top 1/500th $2,080,000

Median US household income

Median US household income $51,570
After-tax $39,170
Taxes $12,100
Cost per household served by US Rural Utilities Service program to expand broadband access $359,790

If I had $1000000

Cost of the items the singer in "If I had $1000000" would buy in order to win your love: $263,330

Item Price
Furniture $21,160
Plymouth Reliant $3,000
Tree fort $15,000
Llama $2,120
Joseph Merrick's remains N/A (Held in Royal London Hospital collection and not available for purchase)
House $224,820
Tiny fridge $99.08
Gourmet pre-wrapped sausages (2) $34.48
Kraft Dinner (two double servings) $3.06
Expensive ketchup $10.75
Faux fur coat $198.00
Limo ride to the store $186.59

Total lifetime income

Total lifetime income from ages 25-65 at $50,000/year after 25% taxes (including Social Security): $1,500,000

Millions

Dr. Evil

Thing Price
Amount Dr. Evil thought he was demanding from the 1997 world $6,630,000
Amount he was actually demanding $1,380,000
Most expensive production car (Bugatti Veyron) $2,400,000
Amount needed to live comfortably off investments $4,090,000
Most expensive car ever sold (1957 Ferrari 250) $16,390,000
Minecraft sales by October 2011 $56,780,000
Large city office building $100,000,000
Annual cost to run Wikipedia $18,500,000
30-second Super Bowl ad slot $3,000,000
EPA value of a human life $8,120,000
Six Million Dollar Man (2011 dollars) $29,870,000

William and Kates wedding

Thing Price
Flowers $800,000
Security $20,000,000
Total cost $800,000,000

$50000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes

Thing Price
50,000 salary for 40 years after 25% taxes $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 $3,270,000

Qianlong Chinese vase

Thing Price
Qianlong Chinese vase sold in 2010 $83,710,000
Leonardo’s Codex Leicester (bought by Bill Gates) $45,930,000
Estimated value of first-edition Gutenberg Bible $34,610,000
Double Eagle coin (All destroyed uncirculated save a few stolen from the US Mint) $9,330,000
Treskilling Yellow postage stamp (At $50 billion/lb possibly the world’s most expensive thing by weight) $2,780,000
1297 Magna Carta original coypy signed by Edvard I $21,890,000
Painting from The Card Players series (rumor) $250,000,000
Willem de Kooning’s “Woman III” (2006 auction) $168,780,000
Jackson Pollock’s “No. 5, 1948” (2006 auction) $153,440,000
Airbus A380 $264,000,000
Mona Lisa assessed value $730,660,000

Prizes

Amount 1 Year 1 Show/Movie Amount Today
$64,000 1955 The $64,000 Question $528,310
£1,000,000 1998 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK) $2,270,000
$1,000,000 1999 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (USA) $1,330,000
$1,000,000 1955 The Millionaire (TV Show) $8,250,000
$1,000,000 1931 The Millionaire (Movie) $14,530,000

Bitcoins

Thing Price
Market value of all Bitcoins as of 11/2011 $22,819,797
Market value of all Bitcoins as at July 2011 peak price $210,000,000

Elections

Thing Price
2012 presidential fundraising $188,260,000
Person Funds raised
Herman Cain $5,380,000
Jon Huntsman $4,510,000
Michele Bachmann $9,870,000
Ron Paul $12,790,000
Rick Perry $17,200,000
Mitt Romney $32,610,000
Barack Obama $88,420,000
Person Funds raised
2008 presidential campaign fundraising $1,860,390,000
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.
Ron Paul $32,480,000
John Edwards $64,410,000
Rudy Giuliani $66,520,000
Mitt Romney $116,730,000
Barack Obama $799,670,000
John McCain $394,280,000
Hilary Clinton $259,050,000
Person Funds raised
2004 presidential campaign fundraising $1,006,810,000
Howard Dean $61,620,000
Wesley Clark $34,610,000
John Edwards $39,310,000
John Kerry $352,090,000
George W. Bush $429,660,000
Other
Person Funds raised
2000 presidential campaign fundraising $805,120,000
Pat Buchanan $37,440,000
John McCain $75,180,000
Bill Bradley $65,680,000
Steve Forbes $11,440,000
Al Gore $170,520,000
George W. Bush $247,100,000
Other

2010 midterm elections fundraising

Party Funds raised
Democrats $815,000,000
Republicans $587,000,000

2011-2012 Campaign donations by industry

Party Funds donated
To Other
To Democrats
To Republicans
Party Funds donated
Finance industry $122,900,000
Organized labor $18,720,000
Energy industry $26,680,000
Lawyers and general lobbyists $57,590,000
Health industry $42,727,000
Electronics and communication industry $32,420,000

Inaugurations

Thing Price
Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration $174,100,000
Festivities (private donors) $46,400,000
Federal + state + local government (mainly security) $127,700,000
Thing Price
George Bush’s 2005 inauguration $178,600,000
Festivities (private donors) $47,800,000
Federal + state + local government (mainly security) $130,800,000

Past presidential campaign fundraising

Campaign Year Funds raised
1996 $559,810,000
1992 $521,480,000
1988 $606,300,000
1984 $429,860,000
1980 $434,220,000
1976 $664,160,000

A billionare

Item Price
A billionare $1,000,000,000
Darell Issa (R-CA) net worth $304,000,000
Jane Harman (D-CA) net worth $294,000,000
John Kerry (D-MA) net worth $239,000,000
Mitt Romney net worth $210,000,000
Jon Huntsmann net worth $40,000,000
Average net worth of US senator $13,400,000
Average net worth of US representative $4,900,000

Value of a solid gold toilet (626 lbs) by year

Year Value
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010

Value of a carry-on suitcase full of $100 bills (30,00 ct, 60lbs)

Year Value
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010


$1 per US resident

Item Value Notes
$1 per US resident $312,620,000
$1 per US household $117,290,000
Dubai Fountain $224,540,000
One F-22 raptor $154,500,000
One velociraptor $1,9300,000 (25% of Jurassic Park production budget amortized over three velociraptors)
$10 from every US resident $3,326,000,000
$10 from every US household $1,179,180,000


Professional rapper net worth

Rapper Net worth
50 Cent $100,000,000
50 Cent (stage name) $0,50
50 Cent (adjusted for inflation) $0,70
Birdman $100,000,000
Dr Dre $125,000,000
Jay-Z $450,000,000
Diddy $475,000,000

J.K. Rowling

Item Value Notes
J.K. Rowlinng $1,000,000,000
J. K. Rowling has she become a rapper $82,000 Professional assessment by rapper/geek culture expert MC Frontalot

Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding

Item Price
Annual hurricane forecast R&D funding $20,000,000
Hurricane forecast improvement funding since 1989 $440,000,000
Economic savings--during Hurricane Irene alone--due to limiting evacuations made possible by recent forecast advances $700,000,000

Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal

Item Price
Loss in NewsCorp value over hacking scandal $750,000,000

Marginal cost to launch one shuttle

Item Price
Marginal cost to launch one shuttle $450,000,000
Total shuttle program per launch $450,000,000
Burj Khalifa $1,5210,000,000
New Yankee Stadium $1,545,000,000
One B-2 bomber $2,500,000,000


Billions

Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue

Item Value
Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue $21,000,000,000
Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 $22,000,000,000

Box office revenue

Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's Avatar

Year Movie Revenue Highlighted
2009 Avatar $783,510,000
2008 The Dark Knight $547,520,000
2003 Shrek 3 $516,610,000
1999 The Phantom Menace $572,000,000
1997 Titanic $827,260,000 Yes
1994 Lion King $625,810,000
1993 Jurassic Park $625,810,000
1984 Ghostbusters $507,720,000
1983 Return of the Jedi $686,710,000
1982 E.T. $996,580,000 Yes
1980 The Empire Strikes Back $778,530,000
1977 Star Wars $1,681,000,000 Yes
1975 Jaws $1,067,510,000 Yes
1973 The Exorcist $1,019,000,000 Yes
1965 The Sound of Music $1,144,920,000 Yes
1962 101 Dalmatians $1,131,310,000 Yes
1960 Ben-Hur $561,090,000
1957 The Ten Commandments $532,570,000
1943 Bambi $1,391,000,000 Yes
1942 Fantasia $1,146,000,000 Yes
1940 Gone with the Wind $3,157,000,000 Yes
1938 Snow White $2,841,700,000 Yes


Charity

Area Amount given
US annual charitable giving $294,850,000,000
To religious organizations $102,000,000,000
To educational organizations $42,240,000,000
To foundations $33,450,000,000
To human services $26,850,000,000
To societal benefit organizations $24,570,000,000
To health organizations $23,140,000,000
To international affairs $15,980,000,000
To arts and culture $13,460,000,000
To animals and environment $6,750,000,000

Type of giving:

Type Amount given
Individual giving $214,650,000,000
Foundation grantmaking $41,560,000,000
Bequests $23,140,000,000
Corporate giving $15,500,000,000

Gates Foundation total giving since 1994

Area Amount given
Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 $25,360,000,000
Global health ~12B
US ~4B
Developments ~3B
Grants ~1B

Book publishing industry revenue

Genre Revenue
Book publishing industry revenue $28,320,000,000
Romance $1,380,000,000
Trade books $14,130,000,000
K-12 $5,570,000,000
Professional $3,750,000,000
Higher education $4,560,000,000

Video game industry revenue

Area Revenue
Video game industry revenue $48,900,000,000
United States $18,830,000,000

Harvard University revenue

Area Revenue
Tuition, donations, and fees $1,425,000,000
Investments $7,900,000,000

In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.

Education

Education foundations

Foundation Amount given
Gates Foundation $36,700,000,000
INGKA Foundation $36,000,000,000
Howard Hughes Medical Institute $14,800,000,000
Ford Foundation $13,800,000,000
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation $6,100,000,000

Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities

University Endowments
Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities $277,570,000,000
Harvard $32,000,000,000
Yale $19,400,000,000
Princeton $17,100,000,000
U of Texas $16,610,000,000
Stanford $16,500,000,000
MIT $9,900,000,000
Columbia $7,800,000,000
U of Michigan $7,800,000,000
Texas A&M $7,030,000,000
Northwestern $7,030,000,000

Corporate revenue

US health care spending

Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies

The Economic Vortex

Billionaires

Corporations

by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)

Company Value
Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) $2,940,000,000,000
Apple $358,310,000,000
ExxonMobil $357,910,000,000
PetroChina $280,160,000,000
IBM $211,640,000,000
Microsoft $211,340,000,000
Bank of China $208,810,000,000
China Mobile $201,510,000,000
Royal Dutch Shell $199,780,000,000
Nestle $193,700,000,000
Chevron $188,030,000,000
Facebook 2011 valuation $70,000,000,000
AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase $39,000,000,000
Facebook 2010 valuation $33,450,000,000
Zynga 2011 valuation $14,000,000,000
LivingSocial 2011 valuation $2,980,000,000

US household income

Cost to buy the world a coke

Item Cost
Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) $2,240,000,000
Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget $2,980,000,000
Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) $840,000,000,000

State government spending

[map without amounts]

Total US states' debt $46,000,000,000

US foreign military aid

US foreign military aid

Area Amount
Total $11,010,000,000
Afghanistan $5,800,000,000
Israel $2,410,000,000
Egypt $1,320,000,000
Other $5,800,000,000

US foreign humanitarian and economic aid

Area Amount
Total $11,010,000,000
Iraq and Afghanistan $5,370,000,000
West Bank and Ghana $1,050,000,000
Africa (total) $8,850,000,000
Other $19,130,000,000

Ft. Knox gold reserves

Item Value
Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) $245,900,000,000
Unclaimed US treasury bonds $16,000,000,000
All the tea in China $4,210,000,000

Corporate tax deduction

(Note: some of the corporate deductions are very technical, and even with the help of a technical accountant, I had trouble making sense of them. The text below is my best attempt at an English interpretation of the legalese.)

Area Deductions
Corporate tax deduction $125,180,000,000
Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income $3,240,000,000
Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) $21,390,000,000
Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment $24,390,000,000
Clean energy, space, science, and tech R&D $13,900,000,000
Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance $6,800,000,000
Foreign corporation income financing rules $13,680,000,000

Individual tax deductions

Federal spending

Disasters

Cost of electricity

BP oil spill claims fund

New York CIty

Megaprojects

Federal budget

Budget options

Stimulus spending

US Spending on Wars

Bailouts

Trillions

Size of derivatives markets by year

Year Size of market
1988 $3,090,000,000,000
1995 $26,690,000,000,000
2001 $86,390,000,000,000
2005 $227,260,000,000,000
2009 $439,000,000,000,000

Size of credit default swap market by year (included in derivatives)

Year Size of market
2001 $1,150,000,000,000
2005 $19,350,000,000,000
2007 $66,280,000,000,000
2009 $31,350,000,000,000


US household net worth

Item Worth
US household $58,740,000,000,000
Poorer half $1,470,000,000,000
Richer half $57,270,000,000,000
Richest 1% $19,620,000,000,000

Total debt in the US

Item Worth
Total debt in the US $36,580,000,000,000
State and local government $2,500,000,000,000
Household $13,560,000,000,000
Federal government $9,510,000,000,000
Business $10,980,000,000,000

World GDP

Area GDP
World $62,900,000,000,000
North America $17,850,000,000,000
United States $14,530,000,000,000
South America $3,070,000,000,000
EU $16,240,000,000,000
Europe (incl. Russia and Turkey) $20,130,000,000,000
Africa $1,610,000,000,000
Asia $17,530,000,000,000
Oceania $1,310,000,000,000

Total public debt

(Note: US figures are from 2011, while the other totals use 2010 debt in 2011 dollars, which is likely an underestimate.)

Area Debt Notes
EU (total) $13,340,000,000,000
United States $10,200,000,000,000 (Plus internal government borrowing of 4,740,000,000,000)
Japan $8,630,000,000,000
Germany $2,480,000,000,000
Italy $2,140,000,000,000
India $2,140,000,000,000
China $1,907,000,000,000
France $1,767,000,000,000
United Kingdom $1,654,000,000,000
Brazil $1,281,000,000,000
Canada $1,130,000,000,000
Spain $834,210,000,000
Mexico $584,860,000,000
Greece $460,180,000,000


Energy reserves

Type of energy World total proven [type] reserves US Reserves
Oil $131,960,000,000,000 (November 2011 prices) $20,580,000,000,000
Coal $72,850,000,000,000 (2011 central Appalachian prices) $20,020,000,000,000
Natural gas $21,470,000,000,000 (2011 NYMEX prices) $930,470,000,000

Value of 10 years of electricity generated if the surface of Texas was converted to:

Thing Value
Solar power plants $89,240,000,000,000
Wind turbines $7,950,000,000,000

All US real estate

Type Value
All $28,380,000,000,000
Home $23,010,000,000,000
Commercial (includes stores, apartments, industrial, etc.) $5,370,000,000,000

Value of all gold ever mined

Item Value
Value of all gold ever mined (late 2011 prices) $9,120,000,000,000

GDP by year

Year GDP (total economic activity) the world (minus US) GDP (total economic productivity) of the US (minus government) US federal government
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010

Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far)

Estimated total economic production of the human race (so far) (roughly three-fifths of it since 1980) $2,396,950,000,000,000