Say, is that a trillion dollars in your pocket?

So. One trillion dollars is a number being bandied about a fair amount these days. And most of us can figure out mathematically how much that is - $1,000,000,000,000. It looks just like any other number really, but just a bit larger.

But sometimes it helps to put this in perspective with some visuals, and that's what these guys have done...
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The Giant Pool of Money

The Giant Pool of Money. What more do I need to say? If you're interested in what's going on with the global economy (and you should be), and banking in particular such as how 600 billion could just vanish overnight in the form of the bankruptcy of Lehman Bros., then here's the perfect place to start. Just read the transcript and you'll be all up to speed (it's a pdf and linked from the site.) Visit site »