Making charts beautiful without adding unneeded bits
What is the message?
Simplicity
Different pictures of unemployment
Unemployment and job losses being such a worrying social problem in the
Serving donuts
David Leonhardt's article on the graduation rates of public universities
Mind the gap
When comparing two time series, one typically wants to discuss the size
Bubbles of the same size
Frederic M. sent in this chart, together with his commentary.
He wrote:
Loss aversion
Loss aversion manifests itself in chart-making, as it does in economics. In