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Entries from October 2008

What Does $700 Billion in Gold Look Like?

October 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

What would  700 billion ($700,000,000,000) look like in gold?

It would fill 140 rooms like the one in the photo.
Or consist of a cube of sold gold 11.57 meters (37.9 feet) on each side.
It would weigh 29,872.3 tons (65,857,172 pounds).
 The 700 billion dollar bailout will cost 20.6% of all the gold that was ever mined from […]

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