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In: Employment US Economy
17 Nov 2009The Economic Policy Institute defines a “good” job as “one that pays at least 60% of the median household income and also provides health care and retirement benefits.” – Sociological Images
Would have been more interesting to see 2007 data as well – I imagine 2008 is a bad comparator.
From the Queen on down. Click on “fullscreen” to vew a large zoomable version. Related Guardian article. (via)
In: Politics US Economy
17 Nov 2009You always see these stats chopped apart to make one side or other happy – it’s nice to see it just laid out clearly.
A slightly different measure of unemployment – this one based on online job listings (the Monster.com employment index).
Infographic on potential tax receipts and savings. (via)
Combines relative elevation, depth, and volume. I’m not so sure they needed to be overlapping (maybe vertically staked would have been better?), but it’s still a nice graphic. (from wikipedia’s Great Lakes page, via Kelso’s corner)
A strange visualization of the decline of imperialism – colonies explode out as they are granted independence. (via)
In: Politics
14 Nov 2009It’s hard to keep up with all the data sets that make it up onto many eyes.
A fantastic graphic laying out the doomsday arguments for the believers AND the skeptics. Great work from Information is Beautiful (as usual).
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