200 million =1.7 trillion?

[LibertiORDeth]

The movie Zeitgeist claims that Rockefeller made 200 million off of WWI, which by todays standards is 1.7 trillion. Is this true? That is nearly a 1k multiplication!

 

[Mr. Coolidge]

That is nearly a 1k multiplication!

Actually that's a nearly 10k multiplication, if the numbers are right. Seems like too big of a change to be realistic. But if you meant 200 billion to 1.7 trillion, or 200 million to 1.7 billion, either of those is a ten-times multiplication, which seems too small...

 

[Alex Libman]

From this inflation calculator:

"What cost $200,000,000 in 1933 would cost $3,009,842,079.09 in 2007."

"What cost $200,000,000 in 1945 would cost $2,334,056,748.29 in 2007."​

So we're talking about "billion" (short scale, as used in US; in long scale used in Europe it would be "thousand million" or "milliard").

No trillions here, folks. Move along.

 

[LibertiORDeth]

Alright that's what it said, I thought it would be billion.

 

[Mitt Romneys sideburns]

From this inflation calculator:

"What cost $200,000,000 in 1933 would cost $3,009,842,079.09 in 2007."

"What cost $200,000,000 in 1945 would cost $2,334,056,748.29 in 2007."​

So we're talking about "billion" (short scale, as used in US; in long scale used in Europe it would be "thousand million" or "milliard").

No trillions here, folks. Move along.

Just a few billion off there. WW1, not WW2

 

[RickyJ]

The movie Zeitgeist claims that Rockefeller made 200 million off of WWI, which by todays standards is 1.7 trillion. Is this true? That is nearly a 1k multiplication!

What cost $200000000 in 1918 would cost $3208265049.45 in 2007.

According to the inflation calculator it looks like it isn't true.

 

[RideTheDirt]

What about in gold?