Global Economy Archive:
Guide to the Euro Crisis
24 Oct 2011A well annotated graphic from the NYT. Over at Visual Journalism, they point out the design differences between the print and online versions of this graphic.
online version:
Chinese Investment Abroad
4 Oct 2011A nice interactive analysis of Chinese investment. Click on the sector symbols below the colored bar graph to filter the data.
Capital Inflows
In: Emerging Markets Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: WSJ
15 Sep 2011Cheap money and slow growth in the advanced countries has led to large capital flows to emerging market countries, as this interactive tool from the WSJ shows. If you mouse over each country you can view countries’ policy responses. I really like these map/graph combo designs – the two go very well together.
Sovereign Debt Ratings
1 Aug 2011I’m posting this more because it’s an example of a well designed cartogram map, more than because of the content. (via)
European Bank Stress Tests
21 Jul 2011An interactive map and table of the test results, showing debt levels by bank.
note: access to some FT features require a subscription.
Map: Geographic Income
28 Jun 2011National Geographic mashed together income-level and population distribution to make this beautiful map.
Better Life Index
11 Jun 2011The OECD’s Better Life Index covers 34 countries and is based on 11 topics (housing, income, jobs, community, education, environment, governance, health, life satisfaction, safety, and work-life balance). The ratings are graphed as (kind of) cute petals on country “flowers”. The cool part of their interactive data exploration tool is that you can assign your own priorities as to which of the 11 topics is most important, and see how countries’ rankings change. You could quibble with the statistical accuracy of some of the indicators – but overall, it’s a well executed cross-country comparison.
Global Energy
8 Jun 2011A structured sankey diagram showing 2005 energy production and consumption, broken down several different ways.
Human Development Index Tree
27 Apr 2011Visualization of several United Nations indices on education, income, and health. I’m not quite sure what the point of using a “tree” is, but they obviously put some thought into it: The height of the tree trunk is proportional to the total value of the HDI. The size of the three branches are proportional to each sub-indicator. The branches are ordered in increasing order from left to right. The color of the trunk is the average of the color of the components.
Here’s a tree “legend”:
and a comparison of the United States and China:
Inflation Heat Map
25 Apr 2011Consumer prices are moving unevenly across the world. Economic growth, supply and demand, currency values and a variety of other factors drive consumer prices up — inflation — or down — deflation. Bars and figures show change from a year earlier in consumer price indexes.
Middle Eastern Demographics, Part 2
9 Mar 2011The Washington Post has updated the population bulge charts I mentioned last month. This time they are interactive, and include three additional countries (Egypt, Bahrain, Tunisia). Below you can see the big differences between Egypt and the United States.
MBA Student Mobility
25 Feb 2011The Financial Times surveyed 5000+ alumni from the top 50 MBA programs in the world and mapped out where they came from, where they went to school, and where they ended up. It’s slightly confusing at first, because they do not map all of the students at once – it shows only one country of origin at a time. Still, it’s very cool if you pay attention to where the dots flow when you change categories. (related article)
note: access to some FT features requires a subscription.
American Shame
In: Culture Employment Global Economy Science Source: NYT US Economy
21 Feb 2011How America compares to other industrial countries based on a variety of basic indicators (income inequality, life expectancy, education) as well as some uncommon ones (prison population, level of democracy, and “wellbeing”). Conclusion: America is not #1! Can anyone think of indicators that WOULD make us look good in this crowd?
Middle Eastern Demographics
16 Feb 2011Many middle eastern countries have a large percentage of young people in the population. Compare this to the United States, where it is easier for our politicians to ignore the voice of the young (most of the time).
Combine this with high unemployment, and you’re going to have political problems no matter how autocratic you are:
The Organized Crime Network
7 Feb 2011Just how organized is organized crime? Think of it as the world’s largest and most illicit social network.
Ok, that may not be the best analogy ever, but this interactive map of transnational crime with popup details is a fascinating way to explore the $2 trillion global grey market of illegal activity. (via Ritholtz)
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