Tag Archive: US

50 Years of Global Nominal Spending History

Excellent (and controversial) summary chart of the global macro-economic history of the past ~50 years by David Beckworth.

OECD_Nominal_Spending

Of course, the chart has sparked some interesting takes by Paul Krugman and Alex Tabarrok, amongst others.

A Decrease in US Trade Deficit

So, turns out that the US trade deficit went down to $30.7 billion in August 2009 from $31.9 billion in July 2009.

What is particularly interesting is the strong correlation between the imports and the exports.

US Trade Deficit

How Americans spend their time

Excellent visualization in the NYT showing how Americans spend their time.

How Americans Spend Their Day...

If the US Government had $100…

…this is how it would be spent.

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