Archive for August, 2009
Unhealthy Lobbying
6 Aug 2009Another presentation of data on lobbying from the health-care industry. The roll-overs almost save this from being a pointless chart (it needs a much longer time period).
Home Available for Sale
6 Aug 2009Two parts from the WSJ on home listings in major cities. First tab: bar charts showing number of homes for sale, percent who have reduced price, and change month-to-month.
Second tab: Line chart of inventories over the past 18 months.
Fun With Infectious Diseases
In: Global Economy Innovative Interactive Maps Science Source: FT
6 Aug 2009A morbid tool from the FT. Click on any traveler on the map to make him sick, then watch the disease spread. Modify the infection rate, mortality rates, and other factors to see how they affect the simulation.
UNEP Atlas of Environmental Impact
6 Aug 2009Click on any item on the map, then on “Story”. Spotted over at Kelso’s Corner.
Changing British Meals
6 Aug 2009Cool interactive presentation of the changing composition of British eating since 1974, by food group. I’d love to see this for the USA. Spotted by FlowingData.
10 Things you should know about water.
3 Aug 2009
Health Care Chart-Off
In: US Economy
3 Aug 2009The Health Care graphic design fight continues. Today, the rebuttle by a concerned graphic designer citizen:
Also, as noted in the Post, the Republican plan:
and another one about the current system:
Global Recession Map
In: Global Economy Maps Source: Economist Updated regularly US Economy
3 Aug 2009From the Economist:
Which is just a recycled version of Moody’s regularly updated map (that includes pop-up drill downs):
Updated July 29th. The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
Music Sales?
In: Culture Source: NYT
3 Aug 2009This chart doesn’t quite look right to me. But it’s from the RIAA, so no surprise there. They try to make it look like it’s volume, but it’s not.
Financial Regulation
3 Aug 2009The FT has some nice charts on proposed changes to financial oversight. Related article.
Bank Bonuses
3 Aug 2009Lots of talk last week about Wall Street still paying huge bonuses. Related article.
An American Day
3 Aug 2009
Related article. Via Ritholtz (again. read The Big Picture!)
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