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Animation of Unemployment from 2007-2009 [Slate.com]

by Catherine Mulbrandon on July 19, 2010

Screenshots from an interactive animation on Slate.com

The affect of the recession is dramatically illustrated in this example. In the first screenshot we see the job growth in 2006

In the second screen shot we see the job loss Oct 2008-Oct 2009

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U.S. Income Tax Brackets: 1910-2010

by Catherine Mulbrandon on April 25, 2010

This Heat Map of Tax Brackets was created by Stephen Von Worley over at WeatherSealed found via @Brainpicker

The brighter the color the higher the tax rate. Notice that the income plotted on the y-axis is a log scale.

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