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Great Graphic: What do People do with Means-Tested Assistance ?

December 19, 2013
There is an ideological caricature of Americans who are aided by public assistance.  Claims of fraud and waste are rampant, but the actual evidence is sorely lacking.  It is not that there is no fraud or waste, but that it is grossly exaggerated.  The caricature tends to be part of a political agenda that wants to reduce the assistance.

This Great …
Great Graphic: What do People do with Means-Tested Assistance ? Great Graphic: What do People do with Means-Tested Assistance ? Reviewed by Marc Chandler on December 19, 2013 Rating: 5
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Great Graphic: Targeted US Programs and Poverty

December 10, 2013
This Great Graphic comes from the David Cooper at Economic Policy Institute.  It depicts the number of people that are in poverty according to the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) of the US Census Department and shows the number of people that would become impoverished if a specific program were to be eliminated.  
Another way of saying the sam…
Great Graphic: Targeted US Programs and Poverty Great Graphic: Targeted US Programs and Poverty Reviewed by Marc Chandler on December 10, 2013 Rating: 5
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Great Graphic: How Disparity Contributes to US Political Dysfunctionality

October 12, 2013
The disparity of wealth and income in the United States is not simply an economic (and moral) problem, but a social and political challenge as well.
Many bemoan the partisanship that has partially closed the Federal government and is threatening to lead to a default.  Part of that partisanship itself seems like a function of the disparity of wealt…
Great Graphic: How Disparity Contributes to US Political Dysfunctionality Great Graphic: How Disparity Contributes to US Political Dysfunctionality Reviewed by Marc Chandler on October 12, 2013 Rating: 5
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Great Graphic: Do Recoveries belong to the Rich?

September 16, 2013
There is a debate among economists about the merits of quantitative easing, by which it is meant the practice of increasing the size of the a central bank's balance sheet.

This is done to augment monetary easing, in a time when nominal interest rates are approaching or at the zero bound. Some economists criticize quantitative easing because …
Great Graphic: Do Recoveries belong to the Rich? Great Graphic: Do Recoveries belong to the Rich? Reviewed by Marc Chandler on September 16, 2013 Rating: 5
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Great Graphic: The Information Highway and the Great Divide Great Graphic: The Information Highway and the Great Divide Reviewed by Marc Chandler on June 25, 2013 Rating: 5
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Great Graphic: Global Gini

February 05, 2013
This Great Graphic is posted in numerous places, but I saw it on Miles Corak's blog Economics for Public Policy.  Alan Kruger, the Chairman of the Economic Advisors of the President helped popularize it in a speech last year.    
It charts the inequality (horizontal axis) against generational income mobility (vertical axis).   Denmark, for ex…
Great Graphic: Global Gini Great Graphic: Global Gini Reviewed by Marc Chandler on February 05, 2013 Rating: 5
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