&gt; every person in the whole world would get a check for the princely sum of $8.57<p>This number is way off. That would mean there are only $60B in the entire world, whereas the Fed was until recently creating $85B <i>per month</i> to buy bonds.<p>Total worldwide wealth is around $241 trillion, which is $34k &#x2F; person (which I don&#x27;t think necessarily contradicts your actual point).