The Harvard Business Review has posted an inforgraphic showing the size of each country’s bailout relative to the GDP of the country. A high ratio indicates stress in the country, while a low ratio shows countries that are likely to recover more quickly. The largest bailouts occurred in the West, where the crisis originated. The infographic also shows the size of each country’s stimulus relative to the GDP of the country. Personally, I am not a fan of pie charts, and especially overlapping pie charts. From the article:
The economic crisis will influence business long into recovery. As strategists target global investments, they need to understand the effects of bailout and stimulus programs. Calculating these interventions as percentages of GDP helps identify which economies will be stressed and which will have the resources to bounce back.
via Harvard Business Review : Vision Statement: A Map to Healthy—and Ailing—Markets
