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An Illustrated Guide to Income with infographics, maps and charts

by Catherine Mulbrandon

Hello VE Readers!
I want to let you know that I just launched a project on a community fundraising site called Kickstarter.com to fund the publication of a comprehensive set of infographics, maps and charts looking at the history of incomes and occupations in the U.S. This will be a printed booklet of 32-40 pages and a PDF file (suitable for presentations or printing on 8.5×11″ paper). I hope to raise $6,000 by the end of April.

I am creating completely new graphs and maps as well as updating the best of my older work with the most current data available.

You can pledge as little as $5 and receive thank-you rewards such as:

An exclusive look at early drafts of my designs.
PDF copy of the infographic zine.
A print copy of the infographic zine.
A t-shirt which I will design based on one of my infographics.
An “Income Tape Measure” designed, created and autographed by me illustrating the income distribution from the poorest to the richest in the U.S.

FYI, this is an all-or-nothing funding model so if I don’t raise the all of the money by April 30 then no one’s credit card will be charged and the project ends unfunded.

You can find more information on my project page (including a video) and be sure to share my project via Facebook, Twitter or Tumblr.

Thanks for your support…
Catherine

US stock growth during “Roaring 20s” similar growth in 1990s

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Bubbles, History of the United States, Other

Another stock graph similar to Exponential Growth Rate of US Stocks since 1871 except this one is plotted on a semi-log scale to help illustrate the price movement of S&P Composite Index. For example, the percent change in the index’s value during the 1990s “Internet Stock Bubble” (a little over 250%) was similar to the price change during the 10-years preceding the 1929 Stock Market Crash.

You can find the data at IrrationalExuberance.com

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The Great Divergence in Pictures [Client work: Slate]

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Other, VE Infographics

My latest project is a collaboration with Timothy Noah on a slide show for his article, The United States of Inequality. You can take a look at the slide show: The Great Divergence in Pictures on Slate.com.

If you want even more income graphics, make sure to take a look at some of my older blog posts:

Average Income in the United States 1913-2006
Income Distribution
Comparing Tax Rates by Income
Growth of Income Inequality

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What a Toxic Asset looks like [Planet Money]

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Other

From Planet Money’s blog

I have been enjoying a series of podcasts by Plant Money’s team in which they bought toxic asset which has more than 2,000 mortgages. They paid $1,000 for a piece that used to be worth around $75,000.

Their interactive graphic shows how this asset was created with mortgages across the country, how many payments they have received from it, and how it has been losing value.

In the beginning Dec 2006, “Toxie” was a little sick