Socio-economic trends in interaction

BBC NEWS | In Depth | The Thatcher years in statistics It is 15 years since Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister. Use this graphical guide to see how life in Britain changed during her time in power.

A great interactive toy to contrast certain trends during Thatcher’s reign. I found particularly the interpolation of disposable income with house prices. It is hard to make any serious conclusions based on this but it certainly puts further into doubt the ‘trickle down’ theory of social justice.

 

(BBC put this up to ‘celebrate’ the 16th anniversary of Thatcher’s resignation. See more here.) 

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