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How bad would it be for you if you lost your job? This NYT graphic lets you filter the unemployment statistics on several variables.
Bush’s tax breaks (which expire next year). It’s in dollar terms, so a little misleading, but still interesting. Related article. (via Sociological Images)
In: Culture Source: NYT
18 Oct 2009Changing trends in overall age and older/younger trends. Related article. (via)
Global recovery based on manufacturing output. Related NYT article.
An interactive descriptive comparison of the provisions of the different health care bills in congress, with additional info on the White House’s preferences.
In: Employment Finance Housing Reference Source: NYT US Economy
2 Oct 2009The NYT has a nice tiny tool that provides the most recent data for 25 economic indicators (housing, employment, production, confidence, etc). It appears at the top of their “Economy” page, and an ugly version of the flash tool can be viewed directly here.
A chart from the NYT illustrating lending has not begun to recover much at all. Related article.
While toys and appliances are getting more efficient – we are using more of them. Related NYT article. Again, hat tip to the keen eye of Paul Kedrosky.
Enter any two words into this tool and see a quick comparison graph of mentions in the New York Times. Unfortunately it only goes through 2008 at the moment.
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