US Economy Archive:
Wealth Inequality in America
4 Mar 2013Not much new here – but it is well explained. Personally, instead of focusing on a subjective comparison of what people thought would be “fair”, I would have liked to see more visuals illustrating how this has changed over the past few decades.
Stock Market and GDP
5 Feb 2013For fairly intelligent discussion of whether this means anything, check out the comments over at The Big Picture.
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
25 Jan 2013One 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. Looks like a lot of indicators are finally in the “typical” range.
Things might be getting back to normal.
Record Corporate After-tax Profits; Record Low Total Wages (1940-2012)
In: Employment US Economy
3 Dec 2012Not the prettiest chart, and maybe it should be an index instead of different axis, but the overall point remains the same.
Have Your Taxes Gone Up? (1980-2010)
3 Dec 2012
Federal Debt (1790-2037)
In: Maps Politics US Economy
1 Nov 2012From the generally impartial Pew Center:
Increase in federal support to states during recession:
Where the federal grant money went as percent of state revenue:
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
24 Sep 2012One 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. Looks like a lot of indicators are finally in the “typical” range.
The American Dream
In: Culture US Economy
24 Sep 2012
Who Pays for Health Care (1960-2010)
In: Employment US Economy
18 Sep 2012Interactive graph of where the money comes from to pay medical bills (private insurance, medicare, out of pocket, etc). It’s interesting that private insurance still only covers a small amount of total expenses (~39%).
Drought (1896-2012)
In: Food History Maps US Economy
24 Jul 2012A look at drought through the years. There’s also a nice article about the design decisions and process that went into it.
America Revealed
In: Maps US Economy Video
20 Jun 2012Prepared for a PBS-UK television show (also available on DVD), these visualizations are stunning:
Electrical grid: 
Flights: 
radio towers: 
Here’s a preview of the show:
Rent vs Buy
4 Jun 2012The debate over whether it’s cheaper to rent or buy a house is complicated (where you buy, down payment, size of house, etc). But looking at median prices across the nation and current insanely low mortgage rates can make now look like the best time in a while to buy. Read the comment thread on the linked blog if you want more nuance.
If you want even more nuance, particularly if you’re buying a house as an investment, I recommend Barry Ritholtz’s 5 part article Debunking the Housing Recovery Story.
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