Who owes what to whom in Europe
Nov 22, 2011 12:41 am • Permalink 
As the Eurozone crisis develops, the BBC News has a look at what country owes what to whom:
Europe is struggling to find a way out of the eurozone crisis amid mounting debts, stalling growth and widespread market jitters. After Greece, Ireland, and Portugal were forced to seek bail-outs, Italy - approaching an unaffordable cost of borrowing - has been the latest focus of concern.
But, with global financial systems so interconnected, this is not just a eurozone problem and the repercussions extend beyond its borders.
Simply click on a country, whose arc length represents how much they owe, and arrows show debt.
[BBC News | Thanks, Eugene]
xkcd: Cost of everything
Nov 21, 2011 10:37 am • Permalink 
Randall Munroe of xkcd charts the things that money pays for, from the item off the dollar menu all the way up to the total estimated economic productivity of the human race. Following the same scheme to show relative scales that he used for his radiation chart, you get a big picture, a zoom for another big picture, and so on.
For example, here's the transition from millions to thousands of dollars:
See the graphic in its mondo format here, and see the list of over 200 sources here. So simple, but executed with rigor.
[xkcd]
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