All about the photos

[andrewducker]

Taking inflation into account:

and

Cheers to sarahs_muse for both.

Comments

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but so what? As others have said I'm not sure what is meaningful about that. It's just an unsourced chart from a libertarian who is opposed to all Government spending.

[andrewducker]

Well, I find meaning in knowing that it's costing more than recovering from previous recessions/depressions (bearing in mind that comparing them is difficult, situations change, etc.). If you don't then that's fine.

[robhu.livejournal.com]

It costs more in inflation adjusted money, but is that a very useful way of doing a comparison or is it far too much of a simplification?

Would % of GDP be a better comparison for instance?

I have a strong suspicion that the information presented in your post is correct but extremely misleading.

[matgb]

IAWTC.

The second graph is very useful, although again it's a different type of crisis to a normal recession so direct comparisons don't necessarily apply.

[andrewducker]

Head over to http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ for a discussion of this graph and similar...