The latest data from Zillow indicate that American homes will have lost more value by the end of this year than they did in 2009 – down a total of $1.7 trillion in 2010 vs. a $1 trillion decline a year ago. Richard Florida produced a helpful chart of the […]
Mick Weinstein
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“Two grams, which that means (sic) it costs over a hundred dollars… People love it!” Sigh… The AP reporter only says the pricing is “based on market value.” Wouldn’t you think she’d actually, you know, take a look at that market value? Let’s see, if they’re selling 10 grams for $482 […]
From The Economist, an interactive chart on when GDP in China will rise above America’s – you set the growth, inflation and exchange rate. The presets here are the ‘best guess’ from the editors at The Economist:
Do you own a power drill? Are you not a professional handyman? So here’s the deal: pulling the trigger on your wireless, 2-speed, high-torque Bosch does feel awesome, but on average that bad boy gets a grand total of just 12 minutes of use in its entire lifetime. If you could safely […]
Tom Morgan of Money.co.uk has a new graphic timeline called Tracking the Global Recession. One unique aspect of it: By using the links alongside each headline, you can find more detail about that particular event – however, rather than use traditional news sources, we’ve linked to quality blogs that reported on […]
The good folks at GOOD have produced this graphic to show government subsidies for different energy sources: The goal, as GOOD describes it, is to show how government policies “favor some types of energy over others, giving our country a skewed sense of what each gallon of gas or wind-powered […]
Volkswagen’s Fun Theory Award is dedicated to the idea that “fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better.” This year’s winner, Kevin Richardson, came up with a brilliant approach to lowering driving speeds that was actually turned into reality on a Stockholm throroughfare. Richardson’s idea was to […]