Haiti
Crazy amount of damage. and Haiti wasn’t in very good shape to start with. I’ll keep adding finds to this same post as I come across them. I kept hearing that the shipping port was out of commission...
View ArticleObama Approval Ratings
Interactive timeline of approval since inauguration. Some dates are annotated. Apparently the Guardian used the Real Clear Politics rating (2nd chart), which is an average of many different polls –...
View ArticleUSA Today Economic Outlook Index (Jan ‘10 version)
The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”. Updated 1/27/09.
View ArticleWinter Weather – ummmm and More Weather
I think most of us absorbed this in earth science class, but if you need a refresher on how different air layers create different types of precipitation, here it is. (Also, the animations are quite...
View ArticleTax Calculator
A fun toy for examining historic US tax rates and government expenditure. You put in your income and it graphs the amount of taxes you pay and breaks down what the government spent it on. As usual on...
View ArticleUSA Today Economic Outlook Index (Mar ‘10 ver)
The best part is the lower chart showing the latest data for each of the 11 “leading indicators”.
View ArticleExecutive Compensation 2009
Sortable tables of S&P 500 executives. As of March 24, 2010. which, of course, is nothing compared to hedge fund manager compensation:
View ArticleGeneration Quiz
A series of cultural image quizzes leads to a prediction of when you were born. Interesting in theory – but it missed me by about 10 years. ‘
View ArticleObama’s Tax Deal
A nice graphic from the Washington Post breaks down the cost components of the tentative agreement, and the projected economic impact.
View ArticleCandidate Blind Date
Answer a series of 11 questions to see which presidential candidate’s views are most like your own. At the end, you can also roll over each candidates columns to see what their specific positions are....
View ArticleWhere are the Jobs?
A nice interactive from USA Today. Select your job sector and see where in the country the most growth has been, and is projected to happen in the next year. They update this monthly.
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