Chart Porn » Source: NYT

How Would You Cut Defense?

Dustin — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:49:59 +0000

The NYT presents a list of options for you to decide how to trim defense spending. As usual, it’s not quite as easy as you might think – but I still got it up over $800 billion. I like this interactive way of educating people about budget issues.

Geography of Government Benefits

Dustin — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Share of income that comes from government programs, broken down by type of benefit. (related article)

2013 Federal Budget

Dustin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:37:41 +0000

A number of news agencies took a crack at visualizing Obama’s 2013 budget proposal. (If you want to try it yourself, a shocking amount of detailed data is available in spreadsheet form at the OMB website).

Below is the Washington Post’s version. You can click on any box to see a column chart of historical values. It would have been nice to be able to drill down further, but this is a good start:

The NYT created a beautiful animated – ummm – I’m not sure what this is. A dorling diagram? Well, it looks pretty, and it’s slightly more detailed than the WashPost version, but I think the brain processes square area better than circles.

The WSJ posted five charts, but they’re nothing special:

Why Does a Salad Cost More than a Big Mac?

Dustin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:15:14 +0000

Originally from PCRM, but I link to the NYT commentary below. Farm subsidies are a joke. Actually, almost all subsidies are a joke, now that I think about it.

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)

Guide to the Euro Crisis

Dustin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:54:46 +0000

A 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:

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)

Republican Candidates Venn Diagram

Dustin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:39:48 +0000

Based on their viability prospects:

Thanks to David Cramer for passing it on!

Debt Debt Debt Goose!

Dustin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 18:55:13 +0000

Four perfect graphs from the NYT (as usual) putting the debt crisis into perspective.

Thanks to Kanal Eliezer for sending in the link!

College Grade Inflation (1960-2008)

Dustin — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 16:16:50 +0000

There’s a new study on the history of collegiate grade inflation. Fascinating stuff – particularly the difference in giving As in private vs public schools. Thanks to David Cramer for passing on the link!

Commencement Speeches

Dustin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:45:54 +0000

The NYT analyzed word usage in 40 2011 commencement speeches. The results are largely what you would expect. However, the differences between private, public, and religious schools are kinda interesting. (related speeches)

Households Like You

Dustin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:43:00 +0000

Select your household type (married, kids, rooomies, etc) and view some summary statistics from the American Community Survey.

Foreclosures

Dustin — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:22:26 +0000

The backlog of mortgage delinquencies continues to stagnate after court rulings slowed the process in most states. The housing market won’t really be operating as a “market” for quite some time.

Guantanamo Prisoners Database

Dustin — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:14:00 +0000

Very nice interactive chart of the history of Guantanamo prisoners, based on some excellent research by the New York Times and NPR. I could point out all the thoughtful design elements going on here, but you’ll figure it out (hint: move the slider on the timeline at the top).