Archive for September, 2009

It turns out the Economist has a series of very well produced explanatory videographics on a variety of economic and political topics:

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Breathing Earth’s “real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.” Also has good links on climate change info. (via)

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I read once that emotions result from how well reality corresponds to reality. I guess that explains why so many people get worked up about the issues illustrated below. There is some more discussion of this at Sociological Images and Information is Beautiful. It’s originally by Susanna Hertrich.

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A map of cases where people tried to get books removed from libraries or reading lists 2007-2009. Click on the items to drill down to descriptions of the different cases. Scary!  Spotted at one of my newest favorite blogs: Sociological Images.

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An oldie but a goodie, dug up by Kelso’s Corner.

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Juice Analytics has put together two visualizations of air travel.

The first is a treemap where size equals number of flights, and you can filters the color to either indicate number or type of delays.

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The second is a map showing the number of flights and the delay statistics. (note, click on “Airport Delay Map” in the title to switch to the map)

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Good has put together a good data filled map illustrating how little regional competition there is between insurance companies.

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A chart from the NYT illustrating lending has not begun to recover much at all. Related article.

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From the Financial Times. Click on pictures for roll over details. Filter with the controls on the bottom.

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The Economist just released a nice new tool for looking at several housing indicators across major countries. They plan to expand and update it as more information becomes available.

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Half the population has left (since 1950). Unemployment is at 29%. Average price of a house: $15 thousand. Related article. Beautiful horrible photos.

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A number of interesting maps: percent of people uninsured (below), percent of people 65+ years old still working (below), median income, homeowners, percent of carpoolers, commute time.

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