This Economy is Simply Wacky
New York Times writer Jeanna Smialek writes: “Years into the pandemic, it is still difficult to get a handle on what comes next for the economy by looking at examples from the past. Historical data has always been critical to those who make economic predictions. But three years into the pandemic, America is suffering through an economic whiplash of sorts—and the past is proving anything but a reliable guide.”
The artwork, both in print and online, aims to visualize the feeling of complete chaos and a kind of melting of our financial systems, and our trust in them, in light of the inflation, the unstable economy, and everything in the market going against predictions—all struggling to stay afloat while being devoured by the bubbling chaos.
Writer: Jeanna Smialek
Art director: Zak Bickel
Image, animation: Shira Inbar
Published in The New York Times Business
Art director: Zak Bickel
Image, animation: Shira Inbar
Published in The New York Times Business
“Historical data has always been critical to those who make economic predictions.
But three years into the pandemic, America is suffering through an economic whiplash of sorts —
and the past is proving anything but a reliable guide.”
But three years into the pandemic, America is suffering through an economic whiplash of sorts —
and the past is proving anything but a reliable guide.”