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Visualizing Global Commodity Production in the 1920s

Visualizing Global Commodity Production in the 1920s

This map is the latest in our Vintage Viz series, which presents historical visualizations along with the context needed to understand them.

The year was 1927. Art deco and surrealism were making their debut, the Jazz Age was in full swing, and depending on where you lived, you called this decade either roaring (U.S.), golden (Germany), or even crazy (France).

Where European Populism Will Be Strongest In 2018

Where European Populism Will Be Strongest In 2018

While the establishment may breathe a sigh of relief looking back at political developments and events in Europe - which was spared some of the supposedly "worst-case scenarios" including a Marine le Pen presidency, a Merkel loss and a Geert Wilders victory - in 2017, any victory laps will have to be indefinitely postponed because as Goldman writes in its "Top of Mind" peek at 2018, Europe's nationalist and populist tide was just resting, and as Pascal Lamy, the former Chief of Staff to the President of the European Commission admitted earlier this year, "Euroskeptic politicians are

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