They hastily drafted TARP legislation, which is why it was only three pages, and the seven hundred billion dollars number was plucked by Paulson out of thin air.
So he didn't lose a million dollars, number one.
His value functions are obvious ones - number of dollars, number of warheads, number of likes and laser-focused on them, they create a blindness - willful or otherwise - to other less obvious, but in the long run more important, value propositions.
Admittedly, Montana may not really be as badly off as the dollar numbers suggest.
"When you get into the big dollar numbers, teachers are almost the only place you can go," Mr. Copeland said.
By John Cassidy July 16, 2013 What do these large dollar numbers have in common: $6.5 billion, $5.5 billion, $4.2 billion, and $1.9 billion?
The increase in their share of global energy consumption, from 43% in 1980 to 55% in 2006, also confirms that their weight in the world economy has surely risen.The raw dollar numbers are distorted by big currency swings.
As for those whose knees were at risk, the dollar numbers were a little different, but the same pattern – valuing space that they "owned" more highly than space "owned" by the person in front – was quite evident.
(And yes, that growth might seem more concrete if the chart included actual dollar numbers, or at least a year-over-year percentage. I asked Twitter, but the company was not able to provide them).
