Who pays taxes in the US?

Who pays taxes in the US? Mint.com has an excellent infographic showing the breakdown of tax burden in the United States by income level. It's pretty amazing to see this data. Consider that the median . . . more

The economics of marijuana legalization and taxation

	There's been a great deal of talk over the last year or so of legalization and taxation of marijuana. In fact certain states have decriminalized possession of the narcotic - including the great Commonwealth . . . more

STOC: Graphical S&P 500 ticker

Digital art and design major James Grant has created a pretty impressive application in terms of both aesthetic appeal and information delivery. Grant's . . . more

Baseball Infographics

Craig Robinson has some interesting, humorous, and beautifully-presented infographics on baseball and other sports up at Flip Flop Fly Ball. Great stuff; check it out.

Anatomy of a Collapse

An excellent infographic detailing the causes of the Great Financial Meltdown of 2008-? From The Big Picture, lifted from Ritholz's new book, Bailout Nation.



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I would've preferred they had used an image of a gigantic shit sandwich instead of a bomb at the end.

What's the Deal with the Economy?

Intriguing, cool interactive graphic over at Russel.com. Definitely visit to dig down and learn about all these indicators, what they are, and what they mean. Maybe you can explain it to me, because I don't know what the hell I'm looking at here.

Leading indicators trending toward (although a ways off from) typical, at least. So we've got that going for us.

Hm, upon examining closer it looks like the data is as of 2/28...which makes sense. In a few days we should be able to get the numbers from March. You can subscribe to an email update if you follow this link.

Via Ritholz @ The Big Picture - a must-read (good mix of broad analysis of the financial crisis, interviews, guest authors, in-depth market/investing stuff, and a fair amount of humorous bits as well) during these tumultuous times.

Hat tip to RAW for turning me on to that blog. (Who still has to answer the email I sent him about...two weeks ago? WTF, man?)

Where Did AIG Bailout Cash Go?

Rapp by way of Ritholz.