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The Costs of Being Fat, in Actual Dollars
The obesity epidemic in the United States has become so severe that First Lady Michelle Obama had to create the Let’s Move! program to stem childhood obesity. The consequences of obesity on health are...
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The $50 American Road Trip - Then and Now: 2005-2016
Pack your bags, fill up your tank and go on that Great American Road Trip now: gas prices haven't been this low since 2008! As these maps show, a $50 tank of gas will get you much further on America's...
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The Olympic Games Always Go Over Budget, in One Chart (1968-2016)
The water in one swimming pool turned green. Apart from that, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro went off without a hitch. Preliminary figures also indicate that the Rio Olympics 'only' cost...
View ArticleWatch as the Rich Take a Larger Share of Income While the Rest Shrink
Income inequality is a growing concern across the world. In the United States, the distribution of income controlled by the wealthiest Americans has been growing for some time now. View our Voronoi...
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The World Map of Billionaires
Billionaires are the richest of the rich. Many young entrepreneurs hope to one-day reach this ultimate financial milestone. But before these entrepreneurs are allowed to join this group, they first...
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Will the “Least Terrible” Candidate Win the Elections?
Find the best candidate for the job, elect them to office: that is how democracy should work. But that is not what this election feels like to most Americans. As this graph above shows, only about 1...
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The Gay vs. Straight Pay Gap, Visualized
Gay marriages have higher joint incomes that straight ones. And on average, married gay men earn even more than married lesbians. These graphs show by how much exactly. The figures come from the...
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San Francisco is Not the Queen of Startup Land, this Map Shows Why
Although most Americans might think that San Francisco is the hub of job creation from startups, 2014 data from the United States Census Bureau shows otherwise. Rather, the epicenter of job creation...
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The Fourth World, Visualized
The world is full of unique and diverse cultures, spread out across various countries. But not all of these countries have developed in equal proportion. The United Nations tracks all countries of the...
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See Who is Bringing Offshore Money into the U.S
The United States is the most popular country in the world for foreign investment according to the Organization for International Investment. It is easy to forget how foreign investment in the U.S....
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If the World Economy Was the Solar System
How do you measure the wealth of nations? Two ways: compare national GDPs, or size up per-capita GDPs. Those two categories don't necessarily correspond: countries can be rich, but their citizens poor...
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Which Government System is the Best for People's Wealth?
We have created a map which shows the per-capita GDP based upon the type of government in a country. The larger the country appears on the map, the higher the GDP per capita. GDP for Republics The map...
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Petrol Sweat Index: How Many Hours Do People Have to Work to Buy a Gallon of...
Oil is the most important commodity in the world. Oil leads to petrol, the vital fuel that runs our economy, including our personal vehicles. Wages and petrol prices across the globe vary...
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Student Debt Hits New Record
Did you graduate in 2015? Did you take out a student loan? Then your debt upon entering the job market was exactly $30,100. At least, that is the national average according to TICAS, the Institute for...
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