Taxes are a constant debate among politics. Everyone wants lower taxes, but few people think about why taxes are necessary. Before you show this infographic, challenge each student to find five unique uses for tax money, and imagine what the world would be like without the government having that mon[...]
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February 5th, 2013 - 1:01 am § in Data Sources, Data Visualizations, featured, Humanities, IGAD, STEM, STEM
World Tax Comparisons
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Who owes what to whom in Europe
In one of my recent posts about public opinion on the Occupy movement, I mentioned that people blame the problems of this country on a variety of things. One of these things is the deficit, and how much money we owe to other countries. This is something I have been thinking about over the years, kn[...]
Tags: addition, budget, conversion, debt, deficit, economics, Euro, Europe, number sense, politics, subtraction No Comments
Cost of Everything
Using traditional counting blocks, Randall Munroe of xkcd shows the cost of “everything.” He has cleverly compared all kinds of things using these blocks in a visually alluring way. It is divided into sections based on financial amounts, from dollars (below $1000) to trillions of dollars[...]
Nobel laureates by country and prize
Winning the Nobel Prize in your subject of life long study is the epitome of success. It means that a group of specialists in this field feel as though you have done the most important work in that year. The prize is open to anyone in the entire world, and to know that out […][...]
Visualization Explores the Rent vs. Buy Debate
The rent v. buy debate is one that has become increasingly thought provoking as more and more families are renting. Several decades ago, when one graduated from college, they got a job and usually didn’t leave the job. This meant they could buy a house for their family and feel secure t[...]
Tags: buy, economics, foreclosues, job competition, job growth, rent, unemployment No Comments