Infographic depicting the 20 largest bankruptcies in history featured in GOOD Magazine. I noticed this circulating tumblr a short while back, and after the impressive first glance, there are some serious flaws which have been forsaken in favor of design aesthetics, in fact the entire infographic is completely misrepresentative. From the comments: 1. The x-axis is meaningless and in-fact counterintuitive as time is on the y-axis. 2. The lengths of the ships in the graphic, not their areas, are proportional to the values. This makes, for instance, the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy appear four times as large as the WaMu failure, not twice, which is the reality. 3. No respect is given towards inflation value over the years. In short, a pretty failure.
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Infographic depicting the 20 largest bankruptcies in history featured in GOOD Magazine.

I noticed this circulating tumblr a short while back, and after the impressive first glance, there are some serious flaws which have been forsaken in favor of design aesthetics, in fact the entire infographic is completely misrepresentative.

From the comments:

1. The x-axis is meaningless and in-fact counterintuitive as time is on the y-axis.

2. The lengths of the ships in the graphic, not their areas, are proportional to the values. This makes, for instance, the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy appear four times as large as the WaMu failure, not twice, which is the reality.

3. No respect is given towards inflation value over the years.

In short, a pretty failure.

Source: GOOD

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