Has This War Affected Your Paycheck?

This is an interesting infographic that I found on Financial Infographics. I think this graphic is a good example of a couple common problems: There is no evidence presented that the war has anything to do with the change in wages. The wage variations could be caused by inflation, changes in minimum wages, the stock market, or a host of other things. In 2003, Bush unveiled his economic stimulus plan, centered around tax cuts. iTunes, camera phones, Cialis and FluMist all emerged in 2003. Just because the war started in 2003, it does not prove causality to all other things. By the way, at 4AM PT, July 16, 2003, Amanda and Dave became the first couple in the American editions of “Big Brother” to publicly engage in sex on the program. Perhaps that caused the wage changes. 3D Bar Charts make the eye do some difficult gymnastics.  To the right is a cut-out of one of the bars.  The value for this measure is probably 1100.  Your eye is supposed to imagine a flat plane sitting on top of the bar tha ...