Visualizing U.S. Trade Deficits

By Barry Ritholtz - February 21st, 2009, 2:15AM

Great interactive chart, via Tom Gonzales:

Hat tip Paul

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One Response to “Visualizing U.S. Trade Deficits”

Mark E Hoffer Says:
February 21st, 2009 at 2:35 pm
effective charting of information, of which, I’d say this is a fine ex., is, in, and of, itself, a valuable skill..

Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof. —John Kenneth Galbraith

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