While you may already know that I’m a huge fan of Mint.com’s online money management system, you may not be aware that they also have a great personal finance blog.

My favorite posts, hands down, are the visual guides to the economy – they cover a surprisingly large amount of ground in a simple, straightforward, and visually appealing way. If you want to quickly get caught up on the state of the economy, the bailout, and topics like inflation and unemployment, you will get a kick out of the following visual representations:

Jess Bachman of WallStats.com helped create the images above. He also has a great site with fun, interesting info-graphics, which he describes in the following way: “WallStats (wôlstăts) n.1. Complex and elusive information synthesized into palatable and insightful visual pieces. 2 Friggin’ awesome posters.” Visit his site or follow him on twitter here.

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View Comments to “Economy 101: Visual Guides by Mint.com”

  1. Yes! I am a big fan of WallStats – they’ve unlocked many of the deep mysteries of the world to me. Definitely worth checking out.

  2. Jenny says:

    Thanks Jeff! WallStats is really fun – for everyone else, you can see more of their images here: http://www.wallstats.com/blog/

  3. Irina I says:

    Wow, I haven’t seen this blog yet. It’s pretty sweet. Thanks for sharing!

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