Archive for March, 2010
Sea Ice in Retreat?
In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: NYT
25 Mar 2010I really liked the below NYT feature until I realized it was from 2007.
Looking around, I found this quicktime movie that shows 1979-2009:
So 2007 was a bad year, but now it’s rebounding? Well, not really.
So is it melting or not? I recommend watching the below:
Life Expectancy in America
25 Mar 2010
Periodic Table of Periodic Tables
24 Mar 2010
How America Spends its Money
In: Culture Food Housing US Economy
24 Mar 2010
US Booms and Busts (1775-1943)
24 Mar 2010Fascinating time-line of US economic cycles. Someone should make a wall chart out of this – I would buy a copy. (via St Louis Fed and The Big Picture)
A nice companion piece perhaps is Irving Fisher’s 1932 “Booms and Depressions: Some First Principles“:
World Bank Data Visualizer
23 Mar 2010
US Job Growth: Where will it Come From?
In: Employment US Economy
23 Mar 2010
China: International Investment (2004-08)
23 Mar 2010
Health Care Reform: What When (Part II)
In: Innovative Politics
23 Mar 2010
Banks at Risk
23 Mar 2010
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