Slate has an interactive map of job gain/loss by county since 2007. Two things stand out: unemployment hit very specific areas at first rather than the entire country, and the spike in national job loss around October 2008 was staggering—just watch the animation.
WallStats has resurfaced with a great visualization of the 2009 U.S. budget. This poster has been sent to over 50 members of congress, hundreds of schools, CEO’s, government directors, and thousands of tax payers and everyday citizens both in the United States and all over the world. Click the picture below for a static image, or check out the interactive version. (The bottom right corner has a total budget breakdown.)
GOOD has a new feature on cuts to public transit as part of its Transportation issue. Unfortunately, the size of the line indicates the ridership of the system, not the size of the cuts (as one might have expected). So basically, this is just a visual chart of which systems are undergoing job losses, service cuts, and fare increases. Transportation for America’s spreadsheet on changes has a bit more information.
A new Rasmussen Reports poll shows that only 53% of American adults think capitalism is better than socialism (20% favor socialism, and 27% don’t know). As Nate Silver points out, there’s very little basis for comparison with this survey, so it’s hard to make any predictions about trends. Nate also provides the crosstab data for different income brackets, which is the most interesting part of the results. Those in the lowest income brackets favor capitalism by only 8 points, and capitalism has a 57-point lead only among the wealthiest Americans.
The ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) Commercial Crime Services brings us a live Google map with all attempted and suspected attacks, as well as “suspicious vessels.” Eat your heart out, Gothamist!
The New York Times has been running a great interactive visualization since Tuesday recording readers’ reactions to the economy. You can submit one word each day recording your attitude. It seems like the tagcloud-like format is actually displaying prominence, with larger words being voted on by more people (’anxious’ is usually in the top line, as is ‘thankful’, especially for those who are employed).
This video went up about a month ago, but it’s still one of the best visualizations I’ve seen related to the Great Recession.
Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1st Edition) by Edward R. Tufte
Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History by Franco Moretti
Envisioning Information by Edward R. Tufte
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