A ptillion dollars is a thousand trillion dollars or ten to the power fifteen dollars or $1,000,000,000,000,000.
This number is no longer a theoretical measure but an economic reality: Total debt in the US-public and private-has been estimated at $0.1 ptillion; the value of short-term interest-rate futures traded on exchanges is $0.548 ptillion (notional).
When the coming hyperinflation hits the word ‘ptillion’ will become a household word, so I thought I would jump the gun and put it in print: let no one claim to be the first.
