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.
Since 1970, the US economy has grown significantly larger. Real US GDP per capita, a measure of the country’s average income, has more than doubled. However, the median household income, ...
Based on data from NASA/SEDAC, this map shows how Italy’s population is distributed – half lives in the densely-packed purple areas (8% of the land), half lives in the sparse grey areas (...
“…the internet is in some danger of splintering or breaking up into loosely coupled islands of connectivity. A number of potentially troubling trends driven by technological developments,...
The animated graphic below shows how gender differences in the US workplace have evolved over time, both in terms of employment and wages.
