14 Ways Economists Say I Love You (with Charts)

February 14, 2012 – 2:42 pm

14 charts – each one quite cute. Below are my favorites. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! - more -

Chinese Investment

February 13, 2012 – 4:33 pm

Wow. I didn’t realize China’s investment in the USA was so small. <img ...

Taxi!

February 11, 2012 – 2:37 pm

While in NYC recently I noticed that most of the traffic seems to consist of Taxis. Tom McKeogh, Eliza Montgomery, and Juan F Saldarriag collected Manhattan taxi GPS data and created this beautiful - more -

Why Does a Salad Cost More than a Big Mac?

February 11, 2012 – 2:15 pm

Originally from PCRM, but I link to the NYT commentary below. Farm subsidies are a joke. Actually, almost all subsidies are a joke, now that I think about it. <img - more -

2011-12 Calendar Map of Infographic Events

February 9, 2012 – 3:34 pm

Plan your junkets now! (via Cool Infographics) <a ...

European Debt

February 8, 2012 – 9:23 pm

A billion here, a billion there – soon you’re talking about real money. News reports often focus on debt to gdp ratios, but it’s powerful to actually show the magnitudes of each, and compare - more -

Beyond the Hairball

February 6, 2012 – 10:06 pm

Robert Kosara examines alternatives to the classic (useless) node-link hairball network diagram. Bad! Better? <img title="image" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; - more -

Cocktails

February 3, 2012 – 3:59 pm

Ok, enough politics and economics this week. It’s Friday, so here’s a more appropriate graphic: The definitive guide to mixed drinks: - more -

We Need a New Pie Chart

February 3, 2012 – 3:53 pm

While poking around the World Economic Forum’s website I came across this talk by Adam Bly from 2011 about the important uses of data visualization to policy makers: - more -

2012 Global Risk Map

February 3, 2012 – 3:43 pm

The World Economic Forum always has some interesting visualizations and info-videos. Global Risk Map: Interactive Risk Explorer (be sure - more -