Economics – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Mon, 06 May 2019 00:16:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Economics – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Stock Analysts Use Satellite Imagery https://www.maproomblog.com/2019/05/stock-analysts-use-satellite-imagery/ Mon, 06 May 2019 00:16:31 +0000 https://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1787268 In The Atlantic’s May 2019 issue, Frank Portnoy looks at an unexpected use of satellite imagery: stock analysts counting cars in retail parking lots, among other things, to predict a company’s revenues.

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Bloomberg

Bloomberg explores land use in the United States with a series of low-resolution maps that become more and more like infographics in the shape of the lower 48 states. It’s a revealing look at the big picture, with some surprises: 41 percent of U.S. land is used to feed livestock.

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The Urban Institute’s interactive map of debt in America explores the geography of debt, paying particular attention to medical debt and the racial (white vs. nonwhite) breakdown of debt, down to the county level. [Kottke]

]]> 1100010 Mapping Where America Depends on Trade https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/02/mapping-where-america-depends-on-trade/ Tue, 07 Feb 2017 22:46:17 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=3871
The Washington Post

The Washington Post maps the parts of the United States most dependent on trade—and thus most at risk if the Trump administration starts a trade war with the U.S.’s trading partners.

]]> 3871 Average House Prices in the U.K. https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/04/average-house-prices-in-the-u-k/ Tue, 19 Apr 2016 10:14:34 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1577 More]]> British housing market analyst Neal Hudson posted a map of 2015 average house prices in the U.K. to Twitter last week. London is unsurprisingly dire.

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