There is a giant amorphous blob floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean (note: not pictured here). The blob is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – basically, the ocean currents and our crap have combined to center lots of garbage in one spot (and it keeps growing). Aside from ruining the environment [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘economy’
October 19, 2009
Where do your tax dollars go?
An interesting (and enormous) chart here.
(via The Daily Dish)
September 8, 2009
All the cash that’s fit to print
Courtesy of Visual Economics, this chart shows how much money is in circulation by type, and each bill’s life expectancy. I’m not sure why the $5 would be lower – any thoughts? This chart also clearly demonstrates the need to kill the penny. Think of all the zinc we could be saving!
June 24, 2009
Graph of the market crash
This chart from The Atlantic shows the length differential between 4 major bear markets – 1929, the oil crisis, the tech crash and now.
Time will tell if we are already on a permanent upswing, or if this is just a small rally (which happened several times in the 1929 crash). That said, the best thing [...]
