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US Economy: 1920-2008 (Good Magazine)

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Other

Good Magazine in collaboration with Nigel Holmes created this historical survey of the US economy. The graph shows the GDP (grey) and the National Debt: real dollars (solid red line) and actual dollars (dotted red line)

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US Economy magnifying glass

[tags]United States, GDP, National Debt[/tags]

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Flashback-Economy

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Other

Here is a site that gives you an snapshot of the economy for the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. For example when I was born:

1971

Federal spending: $210,170,000,000
Federal debt: $408,200,000,000
Inflation: 5.7%
Unemployment:  4.9%

Median Household Income:  $9,028

Cost of a new home:  $28,300
Cost of a first-class stamp:  $0.06   ($0.08 as of 5/16/71)
Cost of a gallon of regular gas:  $0.36
Cost of a dozen eggs:  $0.53
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.18

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Federal Deficit Video

by Catherine Mulbrandon

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A clip from a movie called I.O.U.S.A. Not often you see a data visualization in movie.

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US Subprime Loans by State (January 2008)

by Catherine Mulbrandon

in Other

I found this interactive graphic on a site called Many Eyes displaying data about subprime loans by state. Click on the thumbnail to load the graph.

6/29/2008 I had to remove the interactive graph from my site because it was crashing the site search.

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