I love how simple this:Graphical Representation of the U.S. Budgetmakes this:
Full disclaimer, it does not include off-budget spending, such as the $100B spent on Katrina relief and lots of others.I once worked with a guy who spent six months doing this for his large corporation. Though he really provided a lot of visibility into how the business worked, my biggest problem was that it was that hard to envision before. I suppose there may be problems in the world that really are that hard to understand that making a graph can make all the difference, but they're a lot rarer than most people claim them to be.D
Full disclaimer, it does not include off-budget spending, such as the $100B spent on Katrina relief and lots of others.I once worked with a guy who spent six months doing this for his large corporation. Though he really provided a lot of visibility into how the business worked, my biggest problem was that it was that hard to envision before. I suppose there may be problems in the world that really are that hard to understand that making a graph can make all the difference, but they're a lot rarer than most people claim them to be.D