Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsBailout More Expensive than World War II?clipped by: Joshua Zumbrunclippers remarks: Now Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed chair Ben Bernanke would be quick, I think, to dispute that $4.6165 trillion dollars is a cost. A lot of apples and oranges (and grapes and berries and pomegranates) to get to that figure. The point that either way were talking about a lot of fruit, howvever, is an important one. Big Bailouts, Bigger Bucks By Barry Ritholtz - November 25th, 2008, 7:19AM Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a problem while doing the research for the Bailout Nation book. I needed some way to put this into proper historical perspective. If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let?s give this some context. The current Credit Crisis bailout is now the largest outlay In American history. Tags: bailout, cost, more expensive, moon race, louisiana purchase, marshall plan, iraq war, vietnam war Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |