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title: ""Billions spent on this. Billions spent on that. What does it all…"
date: 2009-08-15
source: facebook
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# "Billions spent on this. Billions spent on that. What does it all…

*August 15, 2009 · Facebook*

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[http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-billion-dollar-gram/](http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/the-billion-dollar-gram/){target="_blank"}
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\"Billions spent on this. Billions spent on that. What does it all look like? Hopefully The Billion Dollar Gram will help.\
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This image arose out of a frustration with the reporting of billion dollar amounts in the media. That is, they're reported as self-evident facts, when, in fact, they're mind-boggling and near incomprehensible without context. But they can start to be understood visually and relatively, IMHO. \"
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