This Time is Different
2 Oct 2009Here is the latest unemployment picture.
NYT Economic Indicators
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.
FDI Flows
2 Oct 2009A map of foreign direct investment inflows, in percent of GDP. Somewhat oddly, you have to click on the different ratio ranges at the bottom to color the relevant countries – at a minimum, they should have included the option to see the whole map (all ranges) colored at once.
60 Years of Communism
2 Oct 2009This one of those infographics that provides a lot of information – but also prompts a lot of questions; such as “How many of these changes took place in the last 20 years after they opened up?”, and “How would the United States look on these same indicators?”. (via)
Death in America
2 Oct 2009Great: Washington DC has the lowest life expectancy in the country. Thanks to FlowingData for depressing me on a Friday. Interestingly, today’s Guardian says that babies born today are likely to live to be 100 years old.
Who Knew?
30 Sep 2009It turns out the Economist has a series of very well produced explanatory videographics on a variety of economic and political topics:
CO2 Emissions Simulator
30 Sep 2009Breathing Earth’s “real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates.” Also has good links on climate change info. (via)
Reality vs Perception
In: Culture Innovative
30 Sep 2009I read once that emotions result from how well reality corresponds to reality. I guess that explains why so many people get worked up about the issues illustrated below. There is some more discussion of this at Sociological Images and Information is Beautiful. It’s originally by Susanna Hertrich.
People Still Try to Ban Books?
30 Sep 2009A map of cases where people tried to get books removed from libraries or reading lists 2007-2009. Click on the items to drill down to descriptions of the different cases. Scary! Spotted at one of my newest favorite blogs: Sociological Images.
The World According to Ronald Reagan
30 Sep 2009An oldie but a goodie, dug up by Kelso’s Corner.
Airline Delays
In: Culture Interactive Maps
30 Sep 2009Juice Analytics has put together two visualizations of air travel.
The first is a treemap where size equals number of flights, and you can filters the color to either indicate number or type of delays.
The second is a map showing the number of flights and the delay statistics. (note, click on “Airport Delay Map” in the title to switch to the map)
Real Competition
30 Sep 2009Good has put together a good data filled map illustrating how little regional competition there is between insurance companies.
No Loans for You
28 Sep 2009A chart from the NYT illustrating lending has not begun to recover much at all. Related article.
Top 50 Women in World Business
28 Sep 2009From the Financial Times. Click on pictures for roll over details. Filter with the controls on the bottom.
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