For those of you who haven't seen it, this is a recently released graphic being pushed by the Obama Administration to illustrate the recession it inherited and the impact of the stimulus:
Although it doesn't quite embody the "golden age" of data visualization that Paul Kedrosky likes to say we're living in, it is a very clever graphic--a "brilliant image" says Ryan Avent. That said, it's not without problems--Drew Conway provides a nice angle.
The battle of ideas is not won or lost in Congress, or even in elections, but in the long assessment of history. Just ask Qeng Ho.
Posted by: louis vuitton | April 08, 2010 at 08:50 PM
How about his graph instead
http://blog.heritage.org/wp-content/uploads/obamajobsgraph2.jpg
from
http://blog.heritage.org/2010/03/03/in-pictures-the-obama-and-pelosi-job-gaps/
Both the chart in your post and the one in my comment, distort things, by assigning all responsibility to either the president or congress, when of course they both affect things, and even collectively its not like they really control the economy, even though they do influence it.
Posted by: Tim Fowler | April 09, 2010 at 10:54 AM