How Inventory Affects GDP
26 Feb 2010A nice annotated table. Related article.
The Secret to Life (for Depressed People)
25 Feb 2010An expansion on last week’s flowchart. (via)
The Female Sex Drive
25 Feb 2010More great work from okCupid in the same article “The Case for an Old Woman“. I’m posting it separately because of the great charts.
First up, a map of “Ideally, how often would you have sex?”. (Move the slider to change the age) 
Is contraception morally wrong: 
Sparklines of preferences:
Are You Too Old for Dating?
In: Culture
25 Feb 2010More fascinating analysis from the online dating site OkCupid. Submitted by Steve Danyo! Thanks!
Age of online daters: 
Male dating preferences: 
Female dating preferences:
And the killer:
Wall Street Bonuses
In: Bailout Finance Source: Economist Stock Market US Economy
25 Feb 2010Thanks to Stephen Dobson for the heads up.
Time Spent Retired
23 Feb 2010Official retirement ages have failed to keep pace with rising life expectancy, making pensions increasingly unaffordable. In practice many people in the rich-world OECD countries retire several years early, which lets them enjoy, on average, some 19 years in retirement before death.
Top 50 Football (Soccer) Players
In: Sports
23 Feb 2010As we head into world cup season – via Ben Huxley.
Economic Indicators Dashboard (Feb 10 ver)
23 Feb 2010One of my favorite summaries of economic indicators. Click on any of the “historical details” to see what each indicator means and why it’s important.
Jeff Clark and Twitter Venn
22 Feb 2010Nice article about Jeff Clark’s visualization work including the below twitter venn (enter three terms and see how they overlap).(via)
Recession Trickle-Down
22 Feb 2010
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