Visualizing the U.S. Debt | juliepeasleydesign

What does a trillion dollars look like? The gargantuan U.S. debt has been visualized before, but never in $1 bills. Here I show what a difference adding a zero makes. I wanted to especially emphasize the difference between a million and a billion, as many people fail to understand how fast numbers increase algorithmically. This piece was published by Visual Capitalist as part of their Creator Program on April 20, 2023.