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Two Trillion and Counting: The Fed and the Magma Chart

August 13, 2010 - 12:09 am - by Ira Stoll
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2010-08-14 00:36:26

2 trillion of $1 bills laid end to end would stretch from the earth to the sun and back again. Light takes over 16 minutes to make that trip. By the same measure, a lifetime of wages for an average person would stretch from Boston to Washington DC. But don’t worry, those guys are smarter than you and I.