[Loki]

The Washington Post is running an interesting series on “graphs of the year.” Below are a few. Anybody have any to add?

Vaclav Smil’s graph of the year: The natural-gas boom




Sheila Bair’s graph of the year: For many Americans, there’s been no recovery at all




Alan Greenspan’s graph of the year: Businesses are (still) holding back on investment

[Subjectivist]

I am partial to this on, I think the story it tells is compelling.

[Pops]

I guess this is my favorite because if you ignore everything below the black line, you can read anything you want into that little green patch on top.



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[Subjectivist]

I guess this is my favorite because if you ignore everything below the black line, you can read anything you want into that little green patch on top.



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Hey Pops, can you split that graph into one showing just declining production countries in one sde and just increasing ones on the other? The one you use tells the world total story, but I think the gainers are more interesting than the total world.