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Released: May 13, 2013 French Dispirited; Attitudes Diverge Sharply from Germans Overview
The New Sick Man of Europe: the European Union
After you read this post, you’ll probably want to check out the follow-up, A Slopegraph Update . Back in 2004, Edward Tufte defined and developed the concept of a “ sparkline ”. Odds are good that — if you’re reading this — you’re familiar with them and how popular they’ve become. What’s interesting is that over 20 years before sparklines came on the scene, Tufte developed a different type of data visualization that didn’t fare nearly as well .

