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The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It
The Global Economy as You've Never Seen It: 99 Ingenious Infographics That Put It All Together | Thomas Ramge, Jan Schwochow
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An ingeniously conceived tour of the global economy and all its key components, illuminated one by one in 99 large-scale, full-color infographics The economy is a complex, world-spanning, layer-upon-layer-upon-layer behemoth: One could argue that almost every aspect of our lives is connected to the realms of business and finance. And yet few of us truly understand it—even the world’s foremost economists can’t seem to agree on how it runs. The Global Economy as You’ve Never Seen It presents 99 brilliant infographics that everyone can understand. From start-ups to monopolies, from trade agreements to theory, author Thomas Ramge and infographic specialist Jan Schwochow bring every facet of the economic web to life. Economics connects us all, from what we buy, to how we buy it, who made it, and where. See the economy differently—and the world.
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A fun collection of infographics taking a look at the global economy up to 2015. I loved the diversity of graphic types, from graphs to non-graph data viz to explanatory pages drawn like comics or blueprints. Most graphics were interesting and effective, with only a handful leaving me wondering if there was a better way to show the info. I was a little unsure of what country was represented when only one was spotlighted, though. #DataViz

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This particular graph isn‘t labeled, so I‘m inferring based on a paragraph on the prior page that it‘s a graph of average monthly spending (for individuals?) in… Germany? (This book was originally published in Germany in 2016 so I assume most data that‘s unlabeled is German data). Was average rent cost per person in 2016 really $336? Wow! 🤯 that‘s way lower than here in the U.S. if so!