Visualizing The (Massive) Size Of The US National Debt

Jon Alternative Media, Blogosphere, Fiscal Policies

When numbers get into the billions or trillions, they start to lose context. As Visual Capitalist’s Jeff Desjardins notes, the U. S. national debt is one of those numbers. It currently sits at $19.5 trillion, which is actually such a large number that it is truly difficult for the average person to comprehend.
How big is the U. S. National Debt?
The best way to understand these large numbers? We believe it is to represent them visually, by plotting the data with comparable numbers that are easier to grasp.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Sep 10, 2016.