Making the “Invisible Hand” Visible
The total return of the S&P 500 index fell by nearly 40% last year, the second-worst performance by America’s stockmarket since 1825…
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Screenshots taken from NYTimes Interactive graphic. While not the most recent unemployment data, I liked these maps because you see the the location of the house bubble and the manufacturing in the U.S. and the severity of the unemployment in many of those areas.
Housing Bubble
Unemployment rate in counties where home prices rose to at least 175% of 2000 levels.
Manufacturing
Unemployment rate in counties where at least 25 percent of earnings came from manufacturing, 1998-2000.
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Red line = net worth of at least $1 million (not including primary residences)
Gray line = number of households with investible assets of at least $1 million
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Transparency: Currency: The Sinking Dollar, originally uploaded by GOOD Magazine.
Found via GOOD Magazine’s Infographics Now Archived on Flickr | FlowingData
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From Associated Press. Displaying the $700 billion bailout plan from the American government by comparing the amount of money asked for to the size of the company.
Circle size = % of bailout compared to market value of the company.
Found via Datavisualization.ch
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