Archive for tag: sarkozy

Tableau 2012 politics contest – justification and making-of

5 September, 2012 (20:14) | Uncategorized | By: jerome

what led me to those choices I was technically happy of my entry for the sports contest. I had done what I wanted: obtain a hard-to-find, interesting dataset, attempt to create an exotic, hard-to-make and never-tableau’d-before shape with aesthetic appeal and insights. Yet the rules stated that the entries shall be judged on the story-telling [...]

Which way to the right?

5 September, 2012 (20:14) | Uncategorized | By: jerome

Here is my entry for the Tableau 2012 politics contest. Source of the data: Economic statistics from OECD, opinion data from TNS Sofres. Making-of and explanation post to follow.

The Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi commission

15 September, 2009 (01:05) | Uncategorized | By: jerome

Photo credit: Le point. That’s Stiglitz on the right with files, Sen is the one with the mischevious smile and blue shirt, and Fitoussi is the smoker. Yesterday, I attended the presentation of the report of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress. In a nutshell, since there is a [...]