More Bailout Comparisons

Last week’s discussion on the size of the bailout expenditures generated some interesting buzz. A few others picked up on the size, and created a few different ways to depict the amount of money involved.

These have been my favorites:
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Bailout Pie Chart

chart courtesy of voltagecreative

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Prior Bailouts as a % of US GDP

via mindtangle (note that this data is already old!)

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Global Bailouts per National GDP

chart courtesy of Portfolio

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via Agora Financial

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Previously:
Calculating the Total Bailout Costs (December 2008)
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/12/calculating-the-total-bailout-costs/

Big Bailouts, Bigger Bucks (November 2008)
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/11/big-bailouts-bigger-bucks/

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