Tag: Economist

  • Labour Marches On (into Tory Housing?)

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    We have a nice little piece from the Economist today, a look at the electoral majority for London-area constituencies and how their housing prices may begin to draw out priced-out Labour votes from London proper. What I really like from the design side is the flip of the traditional choropleth density. In other words, we normally…

  • Man vs. Shark vs. Marlin vs. Every Other Animal

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    About two weeks ago, Michael Phelps raced a shark. What will they not do for television ratings? The Economist took the basic premise and then had an insightful piece about the speed of animals compared to their size. The whole notion of animals get faster the larger they get. Well, to a point, the Economist…

  • Education and Eatery Preferences

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    Last week the Economist posted an intriguing article about the relationship between culinary choices/preferences and education and income. It began with an article by David Brooks in the Times, which I have not read, talking about how culture can create inequality as much as economics or government policy. The Economist then conducted a survey looking…

  • London in Small Multiple Form

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    You all know that I love small multiples. And we have been seeing them more often as representations of the United States. But today we look at a small multiple map of London. The piece comes from the Economist and looks at the declining numbers of pubs in London. With the exception of the borough…

  • The Donald and The Donald Subreddit

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    I don’t use Reddit. But things begin to made sense for me in this article from the Economist as it explained the origins behind Trump’s weird tweet of himself beating up a CNN-headed wrestler. I think the thing perhaps lacking from the graphic is a line that tracks Trump’s approval or popularity. The article mentions…

  • Confidence in the US President

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    From those surveyed around the world. The Pew Research Centre surveyed international respondents about their confidence in Donald Trump vs. Barack Obama. The Economist took those results and visualised them. And the results, well they kind of speak for themselves. But make sure to click through the link for the rest of the graphic. Credit…

  • High-rise Living

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    I was reading my print edition of the Economist last night and found this graphic—screenshot from the online version—about the rising importance of skyscrapers in the urban landscape. The article was written after the Grenfell Tower inferno and looks at things that could be done to improve safety in high-rises. Naturally, I was reading this on…

  • Metropolises of Murder

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    Quite a few things to look at this week. But I want to start with something that caught my attention last Friday. The Economist produced this graphic about the top-50 cities by the always pleasant metric of homicide. I bring it up because of the oft mentioned capital of carnage here in America: Chicago. (To…

  • The Timeline of Leaving the European Union

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    So yesterday was Article 50 Day and several British media companies published graphics about the historic event. I wanted to focus on this piece from the Economist, which is a timeline of the events leading up to Article 50. But more importantly, it includes the polling data for Remain or Leave along the length of…

  • Marine Le Pen’s Chances

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    Last Friday the Economist published this article about the odds of Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s National Front party, winning the French presidential election in April. You may recall I focused on other things last Friday. So today we have this graphic. But this morning news broke about new allegations over fraudulent claims by…