Personally, I’m about as fiscally savvy as a hunk of balsa wood. That being said, I’m not one to sit on the sidelines and just be happy with being oblivious. That’s why I think I’ve gravitated to posting on the economy and financial mess so much recently… Hope someone else out there finds these type of infographics as valuable as I do.
Found over at Credit Loan: Financial Infographics, these infographics try to help people make some sense of the complex mess we’re in.
Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan Mapped Out
Want to know where all those $787 billion/however-many stimulus dollars are going? Here’s the low down on President Obama’s aggressive plan.
How The AIG Bailout Pissed Off Just About Every Person In America
How the American International Group (AIG) managed to get itself in a whole lot of trouble financially, with the government, and with just about every person in America.
The History of US Government Corporate Bailouts
Get the breakdown on who the United States has bailed out, for how much, and what happened, in this infographic:
United States Credit Score
What would happen if Uncle Sam applied for a loan at his local bank? What if we calculated the United States credit rating like our own is calculated? All about how the U.S. government uses its credit, and what its score would be.
What Happened to the Stock Market?
Where did all the money actually go? The following infographic depicts average annual spending on Wall Street, so you can see where your investment money goes every year.
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Speaking of economic-crisis visualization, your post reminded me of this.
http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2009/02/25/the-credit-crisis-visualized/
I guess everyone’s seen this at this point (it made the rounds a while back), but I thought it was really well done.
Thanks for your site, Nathan.
Jonathan,
yeah, that’s a great video. I usually don’t have the attention span to sit through stuff like that unless it’s well done and engaging, which that video most certainly is.
He’s got some sweet infographic stuff displaying the same content over here:
http://jonathanjarvis.com/crisis-of-credit
Thanks for the shout out too – makes writing the blog feel worthwhile knowing people appreciate it.