Map of stimulus projects and unemployment numbers

[bananas]

http://news.stimuluswatch.org/post/76948246/off-the-map-a-website-dedicated-to-geodata-and

February 9, 2009



Off the Map, a website dedicated to geodata and visualization, has taken StimulusWatch.org’s dataset and mashed it on a map with regional unemployment numbers. Check out the interactive map. Also, be sure to read their post explaining what they did.

4 Comments

[Igel]

1. Interesting.

In some cases the stimulus goes well with unemployment. In a lot of cases, it doesn't--the closeup shows a cluster of stimulus projects in an area of low delta unemployment surrounded by areas with few or no projects yet a higher delta.

Of course, population matters: Cities get more than less densely inhabited areas.

Politics also matter: It's no coincidence that there's a disproportionate number of projects in areas that prominent politicians who worked on the bills involved came from.

But some things I have to wonder about.