Infographic Created on October 22, 2014
China's Economy Slowing Down
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "China’s Slowdown Not Good for the Global Economy or the U.S.," by William Wilson. From 2010 to 2011, China’s economy grew at a staggering rate—at least 9 percent each quarter. Since then it has cooled to an average of 7.6 percent per quarter and is showing signs of slowing further. Source:…
Infographic Created on October 17, 2014
All Tax Revenue Spent on Entitlements and Net Interest by 2030
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Infographic Created on October 17, 2014
Entitlement Programs Primary Cause for Rise in Government Spending
govt-waste-spending-xzyvyzysyt DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Eliminating Waste and Controlling Government Spending," by Romina Boccia. VIEW all graphics for this report. Nearly all the growth in government spending over the past 40 years is due to growth in entitlement programs. In fact, government spending would be even…
Infographic Created on October 17, 2014
As Entitlements Grow, the Discretionary Share of the Budget Falls to Below One Quarter
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Infographic Created on October 9, 2014
Budget Deficit Primed to Grow
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "The 2014 Deficit Is the Smallest In Six Years. But Here’s the Bad News," by Romina Boccia. The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal budget deficit will increase significantly over the next ten years. Its baseline projection shows a deficit of nearly $1 trillion by 2024, and the…
Infographic Created on October 3, 2014
Charter Schools in Rural States
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Is School Choice Feasible in Rural States?" by Lindsey Burke. The most rural state in the country, Maine, allows charter schools to operate, as do Mississippi and Arkansas, which also rank among the top ten states with the most residents living in rural areas. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and…
Infographic Created on October 1, 2014
Measuring Corruption
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Why the U.S. Should Oppose the Creation of an International Anti-Corruption Court," by Brett D. Schaefer, Steven Groves, and James M. Roberts. Transparency International measures corruption by country in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index. No country had a perfect score in 2013, and…
Infographic Created on September 22, 2014
U.N. Programme Budget for the Biennium
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "A U.S. Agenda for the 69th Session of the U.N. General Assembly," by Brett D. Schaefer. Source: United Nations, Programme Budget for the Biennium 2004–2005, A/58/6/Add. 1, pp. 84–85; United Nations, Programme Budget for the Biennium 2008-2009, A/62/6/Add. 1, pp. 122–124; United Nations,…
Infographic Created on September 17, 2014
Russia's Foreign Debt
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Infographic Created on September 17, 2014
Russia: Little Improvement in Economic Freedom
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Infographic Created on September 17, 2014
Russia's GDP Growth
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Infographic Created on September 17, 2014
Russia Lags Behind World in Most Categories of Economic Freedom
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Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
No Holdup for Obama's Nominees for Federal Courts
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Obama’s Greatest Legacy: Remaking the Federal Courts," by Elizabeth Slattery. In the first 19 months of President Obama’s second term in office, 104 of his judicial nominees have been confirmed. That’s more than twice the number of confirmations for President George W. Bush during the same…
Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
Banks Not Short on Single-Family Mortgages
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Reinflating the Housing Bubble?" by Norbert Michel. Bank lending for single-family mortgages has been on the decline recently, but only after spiking dramatically in 2004, and figures remain above the 1996–2003 average. Source: FDIC. Tags: Federal-Housing-Finance-Agency, FHFA, …
Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
Total Families with Children, 1959-2012
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Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
Families with Children in Official Poverty, 1959-2012
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Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
Poverty Rate, 1947-2012
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Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
Total Means-Tested Welfare Spending and Official Poverty Rate, 1947 2012
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Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
Unwed Birth Rate, All Races, 1945-2012
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Infographic Created on September 15, 2014
Self-Sufficiency: Percentage of Individuals Who Live in Poverty (Excluding Welfare Benefits)
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Infographic Created on September 13, 2014
Obamacare contractors strike it big
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Of 33 Companies Behind the Obamacare Website, These 6 Got Most of Your Money," by John Fleming and Melissa Quinn. 33 contractors are on track to pull in an estimated $1.7 billion in taxpayer funds to develop and operate HealthCare.gov, the federal exchange, since January 2009. Two-thirds…
Infographic Created on September 12, 2014
Piketty Outside Mainstream Estimates of Substitutability Between Labor and Capital
DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Understanding Thomas Piketty and His Critics," by Curtis S. Dubay and Salim Furth. Notes: The elasticity of substitution between capital and labor describes how effectively each factor can replace the other in production. A higher elasticity indicates that the two can be more easily…
Infographic Created on September 10, 2014
GSP Imports Relied Heavily on Mineral Oils
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Infographic Created on September 10, 2014
GSP Imports Have Stagnated
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Infographic Created on September 4, 2014
Unemployment Rate Has Improved—Employment-Population Ratio Has Not
not-looking-for-work-xzyvzqzuzq DOWNLOAD a high-resolution version of this graphic. Read the original report, "Not Looking for Work: Why Labor Force Participation Has Fallen During the Recovery," by James Sherk. VIEW all graphics for this report. The unemployment rate peaked at 10 percent in 2009 and has declined slowly since. However, over the same period, the…