Archive for November, 2009
Income Distribution
In: Global Economy Maps
29 Nov 2009Also, one of the clearest descriptions of the Gini Coefficient that I’ve read.
Ebay Black Friday
29 Nov 2009
Gobble Gobble
In: Culture
25 Nov 2009
Legal Voting Age
23 Nov 2009I hadn’t realized how uniform this was around the world. Thanks to Jack for pointing it out.
Plots vs attacks, and average age of terrorists.
Colorful Rankings
23 Nov 2009I’m just posting this because I know eventually I will use the design for a silly powerpoint or diagram.
Cost of Getting Sick
23 Nov 2009GE has put together an interactive toy for looking at how expensive different illnesses are at different ages. Use the slider at the bottom to pick the age. “Wedges are colored by chronic condition and wedge size (angle), represents the percentage of patients with the condition. Wedge length from center to edge is cost. The lightly colored portions are personal cost and the darkly colored are insurer cost.” (via FlowingData) Robert Kosara has a detailed critique of the chart over at eagereyes.
Junk Food Decision Tree
23 Nov 2009A reasonably accurate mapping of choices. Thanks to Sandy for pointing it out to me. and I just noticed there’s one on the same site for cereal.
Economic Recovery Dashboard (Nov 09 ver)
In: Employment Finance Global Economy Housing Interactive US Economy
23 Nov 2009November update of one of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. If you normally find this stuff confusing you should check it out – click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
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