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: > Bailout Pie Chart![bailout-pie](http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bailout-pie.png)
chart courtesy of voltagecreative > Prior Bailouts as a % of US GDP![bailout-gdp](http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/bailout-gdp.png)
via mindtangle (note that this data is already old!) > Global Bailouts per National GDP![globalbailout](http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/globalbailout.gif)
chart courtesy of Portfolio > ![inconceivable3](http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/inconceivable3.gif)
via Agora Financial |