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Ezra Klein Archive: Charts and Graphs

Medicare and Medicaid account for 80% of the entitlement problem

Page 11 from Doug Elmendorf's slides on “Aging and Health: The Challenges of Entitlement Growth."...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 13, 2009; 11:45 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
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Focusing on spending

As Alex Tabarrok comments, David Beckworth manages to sum up a lot of recent economic history into this one figure. What's interesting about this graph is that Beckworth places nominal spending at the center of the story, rather than GDP...

By Ezra Klein  |  November 5, 2009; 2:35 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (4)
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Comparing the House and Senate subsidies

Some plucky staffers in Rep. Jim Cooper's office (D-Tenn.) have been spending a few long nights huddled before Microsoft Excel, but the result is an uncommonly clear look at the way the House and Senate finance bills help the working...

By Ezra Klein  |  October 27, 2009; 4:59 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (10)
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Recession Graphs

Catherine Rampell rounds up some good charts on the state of the economy. And by "good," I mean "depressing, but visually attractive." The first comes from the Atlanta Federal Reserve and concerns part-time workers. There are two types of part-time...

By Ezra Klein  |  October 12, 2009; 5:42 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (3)
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The New Census Numbers

The new U.S. Census numbers are out, and they don't show much in the way of changes: Median income dropped a bit, poverty rose a bit, and so too did the number of Americans without health insurance. But the actual...

By Ezra Klein  |  September 11, 2009; 11:34 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (6)
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Charts and Graphs That Will Finally Make It Clear

As Ross Perot's success showed, presidential candidates have successfully used graphs to amplify the message of their campaigns. Congressmen routinely use graphs to illustrate points in their floor speeches or arguments around legislation. But presidents don't much use graphs....

By Ezra Klein  |  September 10, 2009; 3:49 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (12)
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Older Entries in This Category »

The High Cost of Knowledge, Ezra Klein , August 24, 2009
One Flowchart to Rule Them All, Ezra Klein , August 17, 2009
Do Populous States Have Liberal Senators?, Ezra Klein , August 10, 2009
Spending Like Cats and Dogs, Ezra Klein , July 14, 2009
WWVS (What Would Veblen Say?), Ezra Klein , July 8, 2009
Sarah Palin in Charts, Ezra Klein , July 3, 2009
Coal State Democrats for Cap-and-Trade!, Ezra Klein , June 30, 2009
An Insufficient Respect For Charts, Ezra Klein , June 26, 2009
The Lost Decade, Ezra Klein , June 24, 2009
Guest Graph: The Future of Medicaid, Ezra Klein , June 19, 2009
The Need for a Third Stimulus, Ezra Klein , June 19, 2009
Your Health Care System in Graphics, Ezra Klein , June 18, 2009
Your Deficit in Charts, Ezra Klein , June 10, 2009
Your World in Charts: Debtor Nation, Ezra Klein , May 29, 2009
Has Feminism Been Bad For Women?, Ezra Klein , May 27, 2009
Your Waistline in Charts, Ezra Klein , May 20, 2009
European Health Systems: Still Better, Ezra Klein , May 20, 2009
 
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