6.3 million Americans out of work for more than half a year.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Where Does the Money Go?
The below infograph from Flowing Data gives us a good idea about what we as US consumers spend our money on. The data goes back 25 years so you can see the trend in each category of expenditure. If they had just used data from my spending, you’d see separate line items for brick oven pizza and Ghostface…
The "Real" Unemployment Rate is All Ewwey and Stuff
EconomPic did the graphic above and I think that this is the best way to look at the current unemployment sitch. The scale on the right includes unemployed people that are not counted in the official number, such as those who have picked up part-time work, are working on a task-by-task basis or who have…
