What Americans Think Cinco de Mayo Is
Better late than never.
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What American Women Do For Work
Forty years ago, only one in three American workers a woman. Today, it’s one in two. What jobs did all those women get? And how did gender breakdowns change by industry? -Lam Thuy Vo
The Histomap by John Sparks, 1931, depicts the ebb and flow of world powers from antiquity to today, part of a visual history of the timeline.
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A breakdown of what the average American household buys, based on government data (PDF) for December, 2011.
We didn’t include everything, but we included the biggies, as well as some smaller categories that caught our eye.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Credit: Lam Thuy Vo / Planet Money
Dear average Americans, please spend more on books, magazines, and newspapers and less on alcohol. Your friend, Newsweek.
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I invented a new type of chart - the Disnographic!
Did you know only 9 out of the 51 Disney animated films actually feature a princess character?
-Laura
as per usual, I stay towards the left…
The Origins And Development Of Economic Preferences In Anarchism
This chart, based on the original, has been prettified* by Anarchei.
* It’s a real word, look it up.
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