Economic Finds is an online clearinghouse of simple, easy-to-understand
charts and graphs, accompanied by brief descriptions, that are designed to illuminate current economic questions and debates.
The Economic Finds project is intended for journalists, students, educators, politicians, and activists and the topics range from the economic crisis to job creation, from the role of money in politics to women’s land rights, and from the declining quality of life in America to the wide range of exciting economic alternatives emerging.
Corporate Power
Corporate Tax Breaks
Paying to Politically Play
Runaway CEO Pay
The Economic Crisis, Inequality, and Macroeconomics
Are Americans Overtaxed?
The High Cost of Not Regulating
How Do Americans Compare?
The People’s Guide to the Federal Budget
Military Spending and Job Creation
The Rich Make Us Poorer
The Rich Own How Much?
Tax Cuts v. Budget Cuts
Understanding GDP
Understanding the Housing Crisis
Wealth Begets Wealth
Fixing Social Security
The Environment and Climate Change
Bias Against Sustainable Agriculture
Cap and Trade or Cap and Dividend?
Corporate Toxics: Minorities at Risk
Food Deserts
The Food Price Crisis
The Toxic 100
Women and Land Rights
Jobs and Workers
Building Jobs Recovery through Green Energy
The Decline of Union Membership
The Downs of Unemployment
The Great Austerity War
The Minimum Wage
The White Man Premium
Women in the Labor Force
The Working Poor
Media
Broadband Inequality
Controlling Our Media
Public Media
The Political Economy of American Life
Costs of Traffic Congestion
Dwindling Health Benefits
For-Profit Colleges
Mired in Debt
Schools-the Problem is Poverty
Take Back Your Time
Universal Health Care
Another World Is Possible
CLTs: Creating Permanently Affordable Housing
Comparing Foreclosure Rates, 2008-2010
Communities Creating Their Own Money
Cooperatives Are More Resilient
Economic Impact of Co-ops in the U.S.
Fair Trade & Funds for Economic Development
Growth of Fair Trade
Finance for Need, Not Greed
And here is a page linking to charts that we like.
Do you have a suggestion for an Economic Find? Maybe you’re interested in the ways women’s economic empowerment is good for the environment? Or how fast Fair Trade is growing in the US? Or how the earnings of Wisconsin’s public employees actually compare to their private sector counterparts? Just let us know. We can’t promise that we’ll create an Economic Find for every suggestion, but we’ll make every effort to create charts and graphs that are useful to you. We love your ideas!
