Thursday, June 05, 2014

How the Recession Reshaped the Economy, in 255 Charts

The New York Times has an interesting graphic, How the Recession Reshaped the Economy, in 255 Charts "Five years since the end of the Great Recession, the private sector has finally regained the nine million jobs it lost. But not all industries recovered equally. Each line below shows how the number of jobs has changed for a particular industry over the past 10 years. Scroll down to see how the recession reshaped the nation’s job market, industry by industry."

I like the web design though I'm not sure I like the chart design. The color coding is confusing, it seems like it should be the slope of the line but it's not. I'd rather see color used to group industries. The charts at the bottom help a lot.

1 comment:

Karl said...

I'm curious how "Funeral homes and funeral services" has recovered but "Cemeteries and crematories" has not. Where are all the dead bodies going?