Economic Growth
Watch what has happened to the US middle class since 1970
A data visualization of the squeezed middle class in American cities.
Max Galka is an NYC-based entrepreneur (his newest project: FOIA Mapper), formerly a trader/modeler of financial and insurance risk. He is fascinated by data visualization and the ways that data is transforming our understanding of the world. He spends a lot of time with his face buried in Excel, and when he finds something interesting he writes about it on his website Metrocosm.com. Max is a contributor for the Huffington Post as well.
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Youth Perspectives
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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
A visual history of gender and jobs in the US
Max Galka explains how gender differences in the workplace have evolved over time, both in terms of employment and wages.