US Economy Archive:
Debt Debt Debt Goose!
29 Jul 2011Four perfect graphs from the NYT (as usual) putting the debt crisis into perspective.
Thanks to Kanal Eliezer for sending in the link!
How Much is That Again?
28 Jul 2011
Long-Term Unemployment
26 Jul 2011
Dodd-Frank Implementation
22 Jul 2011An interesting chart on different benchmarks that are required by the Bill. At closer inspection though, you realize all it does is describe the sections and count the requirements. It would have been nice if you could drill down and see the details of each of the colored lines, for example. The main impression remains, however: the Bill’s implementation is very complicated – which I suppose is in contrast to the wide agreement that it doesn’t actually solve any of our financial systems’ problems.
Budget Hero
18 Jul 2011American Public Media created a fun online game where you try to balance the budget by selecting priorities and playing policy cards. The interface is amusing, but does take a few minutes to grasp – watch the introduction. (via)
Dude, Where’s My Job?
In: Employment US Economy
12 Jul 2011Nice timeline from the WSJ tracing cumulative job losses and gains. The related article does a good job of explaining what’s going on.
Too Big to Fail
30 Jun 2011
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
23 Jun 2011My favorite economic status tool. Point and/or click on anything and everything to learn something new about the economy, and why you should care.
(Not) Spreading the Wealth
20 Jun 2011
Try Your Hand at Saving Social Security
18 Jun 2011Interactive tool from the WSJ. Select benefit reductions, tax increases, and/or benefit increases to see if you can make it solvent. (note: to get around WSJ paywall, google search for “saving social security wsj” then jump to the tool using the result there)
What is Causing the Deficit?
14 Jun 2011A number of these charts have been making the rounds, using different measures. Some of the projections obviously have to be taken with a grain of salt, but the basic message appears to be that letting the Bush era tax cuts expire would relieve a lot of budget pressure. Each of the links below go to fairly in-depth blog posts.
US Military Spending
10 Jun 2011
Immigrants Highly Skilled
9 Jun 2011Despite public perception of immigrants as being poorly educated, the high-skilled U.S. immigrant population today outnumbers the low-skilled population. (related article; original study)
Sorting Out Budget Proposals
1 Jun 2011On the left, a comparison of budget proposals. On the right, a videographic that is sort of “debt ceiling for dummies”. Both from the Washington Post.
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