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2012 Global Risk Map

Dustin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:58 +0000

The World Economic Forum always has some interesting visualizations and info-videos.

Global Risk Map:

Interactive Risk Explorer (be sure to play with the menu tabs on the right):

Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard

Dustin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:01:00 +0000

Updated for January: one of my favorite economic dashboards. It highlights major macro indicators, what direction they are trending, what the typical ranges are, and lets you drill down to explanations of why you should care. In other words, it’s a very sleek example of how to graph snapshot data while still providing valuable context.

100 Best Companies to Work For (2012)

Dustin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:02:50 +0000

The Fortune Magazine website for this study has lots of related articles and indicators. My favorite it the interactive “Perkfinder” – you select the benefits most important to you, and it tells you which of the top 100 companies provide them:

What Jobs are the 1% Doing?

Dustin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:57:39 +0000

A treemap of the jobs that the 1% are doing – showing a lot of variety. I wish there was more detail about the dataset source. The related article provides some anecdotal examples.

What Percent Are You?

Dustin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:44:28 +0000

Enter your household income and see where you rank in 344 areas around the country:

There’s some interesting behind the scenes information on the news paper version here:

(via FlowingData)

Education Pays

Dustin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:52:23 +0000

A clear message from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Thanks to E. Kanal for passing it on!

Economic Indicators Dashboard

Dustin — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:06:00 +0000

Updated for November: one of my favorite economic dashboards. It highlights major macro indicators, what direction they are trending, and what the typical ranges are. It also lets you drill down to explanations of why you should care, and historical values.

Eurozone Debt Crisis Dashboard

Dustin — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:06:20 +0000

Some very well organized statistics on the Eurozone debt crisis, aggregated from the IMF, OECD, Eurostat, and the World Bank. It includes data on EFSF commitments, debt, SGP criteria, employment, trade, pensions, and mortgages. There are multiple dashboards, each with multiple tabs – so take the time to explore a bit. I particularly like the little sparklines – which I think do a great job of quickly illustrating trends, and don’t get used often enough.

Unemployment (1948-2011)

Dustin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:10:22 +0000

I haven’t posted this version in a while, but the WSJ does keep it up to date with the latest data. I think it’s a lovely use of a heatmap.

What Wall Street Protesters are Angry About – in Charts

Dustin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:23:21 +0000

A series of 30+ charts on unemployment, wages, corporate profits, income inequality, debt, taxes, and bailouts from the Business Insider. It’s actually quite an accurate compendium, and the narrative annotation spices up what are otherwise pretty dry charts from the St. Louis Fed (note: if you’ve never used the FRED data/graphing system, you should really go play with it – they even have an APP now). I particularly like the sequence where they illustrate that banks are borrowing money from the FED at basically zero interest rates, and using it to buy treasuries. Hilarious.

Not Your Parents’ Economy

Dustin — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:10:29 +0000

An elegant multi-indicator graphic from the NYT on income inequality and jobs. It’s disappointing that it took so long for the story of these trends to get traction in the media. (related article)

Should I Work for Free?

Dustin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:13:37 +0000

Hehe.

Job-Killing Taxes!

Dustin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:39:22 +0000

I keep hearing from Republicans that eliminating tax breaks and loopholes for corporations will cut jobs. The truth is that corporations are experiencing huge profits, and are not hiring. I did a quick and dirty chart over at Fred to illustrate this:

if I had the time I’d look into sector breakdowns and who is currently enjoying these tax loopholes – maybe someone else wants to do it?

Here’s another way of looking at it:

The profits are also not being passed on to employees: The long-term perspective below shows the degree to which the working man is currently getting the shaft:

(These later two charts are via)

Long-Term Unemployment

Dustin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:21:00 +0000

The percent of people unemployed greater than a year is scary. (related article)

Vacation Stress

Dustin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:49:17 +0000

Very very accurate.