Hi, DU, A Favor: Graphs Showing The Changing Economic Situation in U.S.

[Hissyspit]

Hi, could everyone post as many graphs (and links or websites) as they can showing the changes in real income, real wages, productivity, debt, deficit, union membership, comparisons with Europe, and ANYTHING AT ALL ANYWHERE ALONG THOSE LINES. How the 99% got to where they are, etc.

I need this for a project I'm working on, and also I think it would be helpful to have as much of this in one place as possible.

For instance, stuff like this:

[PETRUS]

1. I'm too lazy to root for the graphs, but

check out sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/ and www.cepr.net

[Hissyspit]

2. Thanks, that's a start.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

3. I'm graphless tonight, but would like to heartily K & R this thread...

Good luck!

[chill_wind]

4. Shadowstats

Has a chart library and tons of economic reporting data

http://www.shadowstats.com/charts/employment

[Hissyspit]

5. Thanks!

Longer view is helpful.

[chill_wind]

7. Consumer/Household Liquidity

Some longer view stuff back to 1967 or earlier

numerous charts- http://www.shadowstats.com/article/consumer-liquidity-special-report

one example- nothing fancy

[Hissyspit]

10. Yipes.

[chill_wind]

11. The last 30 years in the labor market in one graph

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2011/02/the_last_30_years_in_the_labor.html

The last 30 years in the labor market in one graph
By Ezra Klein

"Note that the numbers stop in 2007, so the lines representing the Aughts are reflecting pre-recession trends. If you add in 2008-2011, of course, everything looks much, much worse."

[Hissyspit]

6. Stuff like this:

[chill_wind]

8. State of Working America

"Wages
Because wages and salaries make up roughly three-fourths of total family income (the proportion is even higher among the broad middle class), wage trends are the driving force behind income growth and income inequality trends. These charts examine the trends in wage growth and wage inequality during the last few decades up through 2009, with a particular focus on the business cycle from 2000 to 2007."

http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/charts/subject/10

Samples- they are better captioned at the link. Quite a few more at the link.
Click on them to enlarge.




Unionization




The rich are growing, while the bottom half loses ground
Change in real hourly wages for men by wage percentile, 1973-200



The rich are seeing faster growth
Change in real hourly wages for women by wage percentile, 1973-20




Pension

[Hissyspit]

9. Excellent.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. I found this map

[Spider Jerusalem]

16. That map actually shows something else if you know what you're looking at

that something else being racial/ethnic disparities in income and poverty (look at percentages of black and Hispanic population in the dark blue states and DC and correlate with the level of observed poverty).

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. submit something your self... Go ahead

Do it

[ljm2002]

13. I got this on zillow.com...

...showing the precipitous drop in house prices in Las Vegas between 2007 and 2011 in area code 89183. Just look at any house for sale in that area code, it will have a chart like this. Look at other zip codes for data on housing prices in other areas.

[Hissyspit]

20. Nice.

[woo me with science]

14. I'm sure you have these already, since this was your post, but just in case...

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

[Hissyspit]

21. Ha, I think I was the one who originally posted that article at DU

and completely forgot I had emailed the link to myself. Thanks!

[woo me with science]

25. LOL

I do that all the time... :toast:

Great thread, btw.

[woo me with science]

15. Also, workers' share of national income

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=433&topic_id=688658

[Smarmie Doofus]

18. Bookmarked. Thanks. n/t

[scarletwoman]

19. No graphs at hand, but here's my k&r. nt

[woo me with science]

22. A collection of graphs on "overworked America" - patterns in jobs and productivity

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/06/speedup-americans-working-harder-charts

[woo me with science]

23. Real versus imagined wealth distribution in America

[woo me with science]

24. Here is a huge collection of charts, not all on this subject, but

there may be useful stuff in here if you scroll through.

http://manyko2.imgur.com/charts_and_graphs#yWSaB

[Hissyspit]

26. Thanks, everyone. Good stuff!

[chill_wind]

27. Connect The Dots USA

http://www.connectthedotsusa.com/CTDFavSlides.html

More slides, downloadable pdf fact sheets.



CBPP

http://www.offthechartsblog.org/today%E2%80%99s-census-report-in-pictures/

[Major Nikon]

28. Historic tax rates by income group, 1960-2004

[Hissyspit]

30. Thanks!

[McCamy Taylor]

29. Wow. The folks who arranged Hostages for Votes got their money's worth.

[Hissyspit]

31. Anybody else?

Good stuff, so far.

[chill_wind]

32. Duer thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2048093

Thank you to Segami

Figure 1

"The Top 1 Percent Are Taking In More Of The Nation’s Income Than
At Any Other Time Since The 1920s:

[Hissyspit]

33. Yeah, I saw that, thanks.

And it's misleading, if I'm not mistaken. The 1920s was a spike. If you remove that spike, the Top 1 percent are taking in more of the nation's income than at any other time since the late 1800s!