Archive for July, 2009
Gas Prices
23 Jul 2009Not bad as an overview, but still doesn’t explain why the supply/demand/price relationships are such a mess in the US.
Death and Taxes
In: US Economy
23 Jul 2009Wallstats has released it’s latest Death and Taxes Infographic, updated for 2010. Order a poster so you can get depressed by it every day! 
Fun with Venn
23 Jul 2009Venn diagrams can be very useful in organizing information and are catching on in the mainstream. (top 2 spotted on DataViz the bottom is from Diesel Sweeties)
The Twitter News Cycle
In: Innovative News Media
23 Jul 2009
The Economist: Big Mac Index 2009
17 Jul 2009
Mood Maps
14 Jul 2009Tired of red/yellow/green or up/down arrows for indicators? Take a look at this description of Mood Maps and a great example of process mapping from Lego. Very interesting. Hat tip to Vizworld for spotting it.
Meme Visualization
14 Jul 2009Similar in interaction to the Baby Name Wizard, this chart shows the frequency of top media quotes over time. Click on a single meme to zoom in and isolate it (or start typing in the box at the top and it will filter in real time – type “econ” for example).
Health Care Lobbying
In: Innovative Politics
14 Jul 2009A Teacher’s guide showing how much money Senators received from the health care industry. The interesting (appalling) part is the little bar graphs under each State comparing increases in health care premiums to increases in workers’ incomes.
US States’ Fiscal Problem
13 Jul 2009
Map of Human Sexuality
In: Culture Humor Interactive Maps
12 Jul 2009It’s quite entertaining in it’s comprehensiveness, and the online interactive feature of adding your own “travel pins” puts it over the top.
WSJ Economist Survey (July 09 edition)
In: Bailout Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: WSJ Updated regularly US Economy
12 Jul 2009Interactive results of a survey of 54 economists, on a number of indicators and issues. Updated Monthly. Related article.
Fed Balance Sheet
12 Jul 2009
Retail Sales
12 Jul 2009Sales by retailer compared to Goldman Sachs index. Not sure that this data is worth the trouble, but well done.
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- prashant Telang: Don't understand win and lose concept...unless its a race may be fast and slow sounds apprpriate... [...]
- Jeff: Not basic geometry, the problem with this graphic is that nothing below the earth's crust needs wate [...]
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- Rogier: Where is education??? [...]
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Poor Design as Scare Tactic?
In: Commentary Graphic Design (general) Innovative US Economy
23 Jul 2009The Good blog discusses the Republican/Democratic scuffle about the below graphic and health care reform issues. (note: clicking on the below brings up a larger version on another blog).
Here is a better designed graphic (with some chart junk of it’s own, admittedly) from Good showing problems with the existing heath care system: