With talk of trillions of dollars being casually thrown around when discussing our various economic debacles, the fact that AIG lost $61.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008 doesn't sound so bad–that is, until you put that record-breaking number into a context average people can understand, notes NU Editor In Chief Sam Friedman in his blog today at www.property-casualty.com.

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