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Charts of change over time
Charts that give emphasis to changing trends. These can be short (intra-day) movements or extended series traversing decades or centuries: choosing the correct time period is important to provide suitable context for the reader.
By any measure, William Playfair’s life was remarkable. Largely forgotten following his death in 1823, a recent revival of interest in the Scotsman has been capped by a fine biography from Bruce Berkowitz that paints details of a life less ordinary: a famous engineer’s draftsman who stormed the Bastille; a political economist and secret agent who masterminded a counterfeiting operation; an ...
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