Wall Street Bull chews hundred dollar bills in front of New York Stock Exchange
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Wall Street cost you $70,000.

Now, we have all long known that the financial crisis of 2007-08, the subsequent recession, and the floundering economy that has hampered America for the last decade have been quite costly. But now we know exactly how much it's cost each of us: $70,000 each for every man, woman, and child in the country.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.