November 2024 Friday’s e-links: A Visualization Atlas

Last updated 11/29/24

Every once in a while, (and sometimes each day) I listen to a great podcast, enjoy an article, or see a good video that I want to share with you.

Last updated 11/29/24

The Atlas of Economic Complexity from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government is one of those websites where you start by looking up one item. I just wanted to see what Vietnam exported to the U.S. Then, though, you see a fact that interests you and you look up something else. Finally, through a graphic like I’ve copied below, I wound up checking the volume of trade that U.S. tariffs would impact. The links took me to petroleum products, and cars, and Mexico and Canada.

Again we could see how a closer look reveals the complexity of tariffs: And, we can also see a compelling series of visualizations: