A Way Forward: Reexamining the Pentagon's Spending Habits

by Frida Berrigan

What is a trillion? It is a big number for sure. The best explanation I have found for this mind-blowing figure is from children's book author David Schwartz. "One million seconds comes out to be about 11½ days. A billion seconds is 32 years. And a trillion seconds is 32,000 years."

What is a trillion dollars? What can you get for that much money?