Each February this column lists various dollar values collected from published sources during the previous year. Whatever amusement, amazement, irony, or idiocy you find in them is up to you. All values are for domestic annual spending in 2000 or 2001, except as noted. Sources are not documented. The second installment will be in our February 21 issue. Household personal debt owed by consumers: $7.3 trillion. Cost of health care in the United States: $1.5 trillion. Approximate total of money borrowed by telecom companies: $650 billion. Money spent in
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As is our custom, the February editorials list dollar values for the sales, income, or spending of various institutions, corporations, and individuals. It is up to you to find whatever amusement,...

This is the second installment of our collection of dollar values. Part 1 appeared in our February 7 issue. As always, these figures may or may not evoke amazement or amusement. Write your own...

In two issues early in the year, we publish a list of dollar values collected throughout the previous year. It is up to you to discover whatever amazement,humor, or irony they evoke. All values are...

As is our custom, two editorials early in the year list dollar values for the sales, income, or spending of various institutions, corporations, and individuals. It is up to you to find whatever...

Our tradition is to devote an editorial column each year to the dollar values associated with the income or spending of various institutions, corporations, or classes of individuals. It is up to you...