How Much Is A Trillion? Crash Course Chapter 12 - So Big, Humans Really Can't Grasp It

Adam Taggart / Peak Prosperity
Chapter 12 of the Crash Course is now publicly available and ready for watching below.
One trillion is a big number. In this short video, we try to help you get a sense for just how big; but the reality is simply that the human brain can’t really suitably comprehend magnitudes this large.
Which is why we should be concerned that the US’ money supply has ballooned to over $12 trillion dollars over the past decade. And that its outstanding debts and liabilities are many multiples that amount.
We are living in an era where our leaders are making decisions at orders of magnitude that they simply can’t truly understand. And many politicians have less expertise in math, economics or business than most of you reading this. When they vote for the next trillion-dollar bailout, raise the debt level by another trillion, or pressure the Federal Reserve for another trillion-dollar stimulus program – they don’t have any real sense of what the implications will be. No one can.
We have reached the point where we’re operating in territory beyond our neural programming.
As a result, unintended consequences to our current policies are guaranteed.
For the best viewing experience, watch the above video in hi-definition (HD) and in expanded screen mode
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During the Crash Course you will often encounter numbers that are expressed in trillions. How much is a trillion?
You know what? I’m not really sure myself.
A trillion is a very, very big number, and I think it would be worth spending a couple of minutes trying to get our arms around the concept.
First, a numerical review.
A thousand is a one with three zeros after it.
A million is a thousand times bigger than that and it’s a one with six zeros after it.
At this level I can really get my mind around the difference between these two numbers. A million dollars in the bank is a very different … read more
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