Making the “Invisible Hand” Visible
I have plotted the annual inflation (CPI-U) vs unemployment. The green line represents the time Paul Volcker was the Fed Chairman (August 6, 1979 – August 11, 1987). The gray line represent the years 1948-2007.
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Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
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I have plotted the annual inflation (CPI-U) vs unemployment. The green line represents the time Alan Greenspan was the Fed Chairman (August 11, 1987 – January 31, 2006). The gray line represent the years 1948-2007.
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Data from Bureau of Labor Statistics
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From the Nation. The top graph shows the average income of the top o.o1% compared to the bottom 90%. The higher the peak the bigger the gap between the two groups. In 2006 you would need an income of over $10 million to make it into the top 0.01% while your income would have to be less than $100,000 to be in the bottom 90. The second graph shows the marginal tax rate over the same time period. Here is graph I created plotting similar data.
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From the New York Times an interactive graphic which allows you to look up the CEO pay in 2007 and compare it to the change in their company’s stock price (by Vu Nguyen, Kurl Russell, Tom Jackson). I took screenshots for 4 tech CEOs: Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and Apple. Size of the orange circle is the CEO’s compensation. Keep in mind this does not include the increase value of stock options they currently own.
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Department for Work and Pensions: Statistics for Households Below Average Income and Income Inequality in the United Kingdom
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Data Visualization: Modern Approaches
Smashing Magazine listed what they considered the most interesting modern approaches to data visualization as well as related articles, resources and tools.
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InflationData.com has a lot of information about inflation as well as historical data for the US, including estimates for Confederate Inflation Rates (1861 - 1865)
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Economagic.com: Economic Time Series Page
List of government web sites. This site also has charts and excel files which you can browse with a subscription.
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Infoplease.com has a selection of data tables and articles on Poverty and Income in the United States. For example: Distribution of Household Income by Race
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