Visualizing Economics — Timothy Wilken writes: I was fortunate to come across a website created and presented by Economist-Artist Catherine Mulbrandon.
She describes herself and her passion like this:
I am an interaction designer with several years of experience designing web applications in the finance and education
industries.
In 1971, I was born in Washington DC. In 1993, I graduated with an AB in Economics from the University of Chicago. During the next eight years, I worked for a financial consulting firm where I learned about the financial markets.
In 2004, I completed the 2 year Master’s program in Interaction Design at Carnegie Mellon, where I explored information and interaction design in both print and digital pieces. In my Master’s thesis, I created a
series of posters presenting data about the United States’ economy. Since then I have working as an interaction designer a discount brokerage firm and and software for public school districts.In 2006, I created a site called
VISUALIZING ECONOMICS.I believe design can contribute to public debates by creating information-rich, easy-to-understand graphics revealing the meaning of data without hiding its complexity. While the Internet allows even greater access to economic data than ever before, much of it is hidden in databases, spreadsheets and academic papers.At the same time, the discussion of economics in the media can be confusing and contradictory. Often numbers are quoted out of context, while political agendas distort the presentation of economic data. The goal of this site is to help people who are interested in the subject of economics (but are not experts) to understand and participate in public discussions about economics through data visualizations.
At Catherine’s website you will find information about the US and World economy presented through graphs, charts and maps. You can contact her at: catherine[at]visualizingeconomics.com
This unique website presents some of today’s most complex economic information in striking and usually much easier to understand images. A free subscription is also available for bringing these amazing graphics to your email in-box. (06/08/09)
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