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This Map Shows Which U.S. States Have Recovered from Recession (and Which...
The U.S. economy has finally regained its pre-recession levels of employment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). What does that mean? More people are getting hired, and they’re spending their paychecks....
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The Rising Costs of Sending Your Kids to a Private School
The average cost of private school tuition has grown at a rate that is higher than inflation over the past 20-years. While there are several cost increases that have led to the rise in private school...
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The World's Most Productive Countries Work Less (and Vice Versa)
The Japanese have their electronics, the Germans their cars and the Americans their technology. Many countries claim to be the best in one field or another. But which country is home to the most...
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The Real Minimum Wage Keeps Getting Smaller. Here’s Why
It seems like the U.S. federal minimum wage is always in the news. Activists on the left believe Congress should raise it to $15 an hour, but opponents argue that doing so will eliminate too many...
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The Working Class Can’t Afford the American Dream
The national conversation in the U.S. is focused squarely on improving the lives of people in the working class. The debate revolves around exactly how to do that. Politicians and pundits have all...
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See How Your Spending Compares to the Average Joe’s
Only one out of three Americans actually knows what their monthly budget is. Why is this important? If you always worry about making it to the next paycheck, then it is time to sit down and take a hard...
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The Real Estate Market, Explained in One Graph
The U.S. housing market has now surpassed its pre-recession peak by 4.3%. This is great news for the economy, although there’s still an ongoing debate about the possibility of another housing crash....
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The United States is Home to the Most Valuable Sports Teams in the World
The value of professional sports teams has skyrocketed over the past 3-decades outpacing the rise in most asset class. For example, the Dallas Cowboys, which is known as “America’s Team” was purchased...
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In One Chart: Best Jobs Without a College Degree 2017
The Great Recession destroyed the job market for workers without college degrees, and the situation hasn’t gotten any better. This begs the question—can you still enjoy a high standard of living...
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This Chart Reveals the Centralization of Bitcoin Wealth
Bitcoin has been making a lot of news lately. The cryptocurrency shot up in value by over 200% in 2017, making many people fear that the market is in a bubble. Last week, China decided to close its...
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This Graphic Unveils the Truth Behind America’s Record-Breaking Debt of $20...
The U.S. federal government just passed a record $20 trillion in publicly held debt. That’s bigger than the entire economy of every country in the European Union, combined. The debt will only grow...
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The Most Disruptive Unicorns Around The World, in One Map
Unicorns are private companies and startups valued at over $1 billion. As access to technology, crowdsourced funds, and venture capital became more accessible over the last decade, here are the top ten...
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The United States of Money in a 3D Map
The Department of Commerce just released the latest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data by metropolitan area. GDP represents the total value of all goods and services everyone produces and sells. The...
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Visualizing Black & White Inequality in Each State
Over the past 50 years America has made great strides towards civil rights for all races, religions, and creeds. Unfortunately, socioeconomic equality is still decades behind, with African Americans...
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Visualizing the Crypto Bubble. Are We Headed for Another Dot-Com Disaster?
Are cryptocurrencies the future? With Bitcoin and Ethereum growing rapidly year over year, cryptocurrencies have reached — and surpassed — the market capitalization of some of the largest companies...
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The Gender Pay Gap is Shockingly Dramatic Among the Richest
Almost everybody now agrees that women make less money than men. Things get heated, however, when it comes to figuring out why the gap exists and what policymakers should do about it. Since there’s...
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The Most (and Least) Valuable States in America
Everyone knows location is the most important part of real estate. You can’t change where your house is (all things being equal). You have to consider school districts, crime rates, commute times—the...
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This Maps Proves Freelancers Aren’t as Poor as you Think
Freelancing is on the rise. Fast Company reports that 55 million Americans worked as freelancers last year, and the Pew Research Center recently found that 24% of all Americans moonlight in some sort...
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How Many Hours Americans Need to Work to Pay Their Mortgage
Many people define the American dream as owning your own home, not to mention a comfortable lifestyle, healthy children, and a secure retirement. But the ability to afford a home—let alone all those...
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Mapping What Every State in America Is Best at
Company towns used to be a defining feature of the American economy. Nowadays, thanks to globalization and offshoring, it is much harder to find employers that exert such influence over a small town...
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