Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
1870 Census Maps
10 Mar 201054 maps and charts. The level of detail and sophistication is pretty damn impressive for the period. (again from Radical Cartography — can you tell I’m digging through that site? Love it.)
Global Arms Trade
In: Global Economy| Politics
10 Mar 2010Interesting.
Thanks to Tim for passing it on!
Gay Partnerships in USA
In: Culture| Politics| Source: Economist
9 Mar 2010From The Economist:
The Census
In: Interactive| Maps| Politics| Source: WSJ
8 Mar 2010Nice summary from the WSJ: The Summary, the questions, and the results (1880-2000).
Economist Videographics
In: Graphic Design (general)| Maps| Politics| Source: Economist
1 Mar 2010The Economist produces quality audio annotated presentations on a number of topics. Here are a few recent ones:
Asia’s Growing Economic Power (a historical perspective) 
China’s territorial Disputes (it’s not just Taiwan) 
Global Fertility 
State Revenue
In: Politics| US Economy
19 Feb 2010
Job Openings in Congress
In: Politics| Source: WSJ
19 Feb 2010Also includes a table of everyone leaving indicating stated reason, terms served, etc.
European Health Care
19 Feb 2010THE private provision of health care comes in several forms across Europe. In Germany and the Netherlands it provides coverage for those not on government schemes; in Britain and Ireland it duplicates state-run systems; and in France it tops up cover from official programmes. . A study by the Boston Consulting Group concludes that countries relying mainly on insurance-such as France, Germany and the Netherlands-provide better care than those, like Britain, Italy and Spain, that are chiefly funded by taxes and which spend less on health care as a proportion of GDP.
Job Losses
In: Employment| Politics| US Economy
17 Feb 2010
Medicine vs Terrorists
16 Feb 2010A little outside Chartporn’s normal bailiwick, but I like to make note of effective graphic design when I find it.
Israeli Settlements in the West Bank
In: Interactive| Maps| Politics| Source: WSJ
9 Feb 2010An impressively detailed mapping analysis of settlements in disputed territories over time. Related article.
Obama’s Bank Reform Plan
In: Bailout| Finance| Politics| Source: FT| Stock Market| US Economy
9 Feb 2010The FT has an audio annotated slideshow explaining the proposal.
(note, to get around FT’s registration try this link)
Tax Calculator
5 Feb 2010A fun toy for examining historic US tax rates and government expenditure. You put in your income and it graphs the amount of taxes you pay and breaks down what the government spent it on. As usual on this type of stuff, there are pages and pages of comments arguing about the methodology and what it all means. (via).
and in honor of those tax arguments:
(originally from here)
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