Interactive Archive:
Health Reform
28 Dec 2009Comparison of the House and Senate versions, broken down by issue.
USA Today Economic Outlook Index (Dec 2009 version)
In: Employment Finance Housing Interactive Source: USA Today US Economy
28 Dec 2009The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
12 Days of Christmas cost $21,465.56
In: Culture Humor Interactive
23 Dec 2009The annual adding up of all those gifts in the song. (5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, etc).
Economic Recovery Dashboard (Dec 09 ver)
In: Employment Finance Global Economy Housing Interactive US Economy
22 Dec 2009December update of one of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. If you normally find this stuff confusing you should check it out – click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
2009 Deaths
In: Culture Interactive
22 Dec 2009I always like the new year’s montage videos of the year in pictures & video. This is a good one of who we’ve lost this year. You can click on any picture to see a small obit.
Market Decade
In: Finance Global Economy Interactive Source: FT Stock Market US Economy
22 Dec 2009An interactive look at 10 years of global indices, bonds, interest rates, commodities, and a few key stocks.
Slot Machines
18 Dec 2009How they work. What are the odds. How your money disappears. Play a virtual version and watch it go. Click the tabs at the top for the stats behind the dials. (via FlowingData)
European Economic Weather Map
In: Emerging Markets Employment Finance Global Economy Interactive Maps Source: FT
15 Dec 2009Updated 12/14/09. Use the slider at the top to go back in time. Roll-over countries to see data.
Digg Year
15 Dec 2009View the top Diggs for any day using the calendar selector in the middle. Nicely done.
If you haven’t seen them before, the real-time Digg Stack and Swarm are very cool as well.
Four Degrees? So what?
14 Dec 2009Interactive map showing the estimated effects of a 4 Celsius degree change in global temperatures.
Recovery?
14 Dec 2009Who is out of the trough, according to most recent quarterly data.
Strategic Defaults
14 Dec 2009Homeowners who choose to default on their mortgage even though they could still pay for it.
Copenhagen
In: Environment/weather Interactive Maps Science Source: NYT
9 Dec 2009Want the summary? The NYT has a nice tool consisting of a series of simple graphics:
Personal Carbon Calculator
2 Dec 2009Modify your habits from the “average” and see how it impacts your footprint. Click on the ?’s to see what’s behind each category. There’s some discussion of the methodology here.
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