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The Billion Pound O Gram
Billions spent on this. Billions spent on that. What does it all look like? Hopefully The Billion Pound-o-Gram will help.
This image arose out of a frustration with the reporting of billion dollar amounts in the media. That is, they’re reported as self-evident facts, when, in fact, they’re mind-boggling and near incomprehensible without context. But they can start to be understood visually and relatively, IMHO.
This is a cousin of The Billion Dollar Gram
www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/the-billion-dollar-gram/
More visuals here:
www.informationisbeautiful.net
My book of infographics and data visualisations:
www.harpercollins.com/book/pre-order.aspx?isbn13=97800617...
The Billion Pound O Gram
Billions spent on this. Billions spent on that. What does it all look like? Hopefully The Billion Pound-o-Gram will help.
This image arose out of a frustration with the reporting of billion dollar amounts in the media. That is, they’re reported as self-evident facts, when, in fact, they’re mind-boggling and near incomprehensible without context. But they can start to be understood visually and relatively, IMHO.
This is a cousin of The Billion Dollar Gram
www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/the-billion-dollar-gram/
More visuals here:
www.informationisbeautiful.net
My book of infographics and data visualisations:
www.harpercollins.com/book/pre-order.aspx?isbn13=97800617...