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The Power of Graphic Displays of Information

In a recent NYT article there was a graph displayed to show how housing prices for existing home have fluctuated over the last century or so. The Yale economist, Robert Shiller created this index that factored out the impact of inflation. Looking at the current “hockey stick” spike gives an eerie picture of just how unsustainable it all is.

Very powerful. Check it out here.

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