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Is a $15/hour minimum wage crazy?

7 years ago by Hilary 0 comment
The above graphic depicts minimum wage adjusted for inflation (values are all given in 2017 dollars because the 2018 inflation rate isn't finalized yet). You'll notice each year a majority of states have...

The Worst State to Live in

7 years ago by Hilary 1 comment
Total Natural Disasters With 3842 natural disasters since 1953, Texas is clearly the worst state to live in. Missouri comes in a distant second with 2263. On the other end of the spectrum, we...

Trees!

7 years ago by Hilary 0 comment
This chart illustrates the percentage of land that is covered by trees based off of 2005 aerial photography. Not surprisingly, there aren't many trees in the desert or the plains. No information was...

Sequel Budgets and Revenues

7 years ago by Hilary 0 comment
I was curious to see the correlations of franchise budgets and revenues over time so I threw together graphs for three of the big ones: Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Lord of the...

Elephants

7 years ago by Hilary 0 comment
The population of African elephants has dropped from approximately 1 million in 1980 to approximately 415 thousand today. Public outrage over the United States Fish and Wildlife Service’s now postponed plan to end...