Hard Currency: What a Ton of Cash Will Buy

With more and more financial transactions being conducted electronically, it’s easy to forget the physicality of money. What a dollar weighs, or a pile of them. So just for fun, let’s start piling up the Benjamins and see what …

Homes of the Super-Rich, and Their Prices in Real Money

In real estate, the battle to be America’s most expensive neighborhood is fierce. Yet the question of which zip code is the priciest and whose home is the costliest is only half the story: Putting those prices in the context of…