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I also did an experiment and created one without the sketches. The most successful of these infographics is on neoliberalism and has no illustrations. I wondered whether that was a factor in its success, or whether that was due to the subject matter.
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I think that the sketches work with the text, but they may put untold pressure on how to edit the text and maybe inhibit the text? You’re packing a lot in. Two sided ? Or less sketching? Look, it’s so easy to be critical.
Whilst I am here – I have to nip out to do some early morning shopping before the place goes mental – I wish to record my dismay and sadness about the death of Jason Arday which I discovered last night on the internet by accident. I also then discovered just how much there was online about him including a Youtube article from ‘historian’ (more like ‘hysterical-ian’) David Starkey claiming he’d ‘exposed’ him. There was a lot of stuff being said about how Arday had ‘made people so angry’. Arday had not made people angry – if they were angry at all – it was because of the amount of attention he was getting on an unregulated internet that more likely wound people up.
I wish to say that what I find particularly egregious about this sad affair, is the legions of Neo-liberal and even Marxist economists who have been lying and misleading people about the real world for years who have and will never ever come under the scrutiny of that meted out to the late Professor Arday. These fake experts have caused more damage to our societies than anything Arday was supposed to have done and yet still remain unaccountable for their crimes and false claims – some of these charlatans and opportunists even being given Nobel prizes.
I cannot say that I am even disgusted because I am so overwhelmed by the injustice and rampant racism on show. I just feel numb……………….
Much to agree with. I, too, am saddened. I hope the Telegraph is pleased with their week’s work. They have driven a youngish, black, neurodivergent man to his death. He might have made mistakes. Who hasn’t? But he did not deserve this for the crime of being different.
This one is excellent Richard – thank you. I like it’s brevity. I especially like the beautiful parallel between savings deposits not funding loans in the same way that bonds don’t fund government spending…
Excellent.
Box 8 (on limits to lending) captures regulatory capital and the risks to inflation of excessive credit creation. I think for completeness there should be some reference to liquidity regulations…. but they are tough to sum up in a single sentence but how about…..
“They must hold a minimum amount of cash in order to meet depositors’ likely withdrawals”
Not perfect, or indeed, absolutely accurate…. but you might consider it.
PS Torn with respect to pictures. “No pictures = more space for words” (Good) or “No pictures = too visually crowded” (Bad). Can’t decide.
I tried that, but thought what I had done was fair…
This one was tough to fit in. I tried one version on regulation that got far too long…you have the compromise.