Jessica

lotta people on Twitter reacting to this absolutely wild, intentionally-misleading, dual-vertical-axis chart from the federal reserve bank of st. louis:

A line chart shows military spending by countries that are the world’s largest defense spenders. The line for the United States is charted on a "right axis" whose minimum value is above the highest value for the other lines, allowing China's line to rise above it to the casual observer. — Top Six Countries by Military Expenditures

but I've gotta tell you, the REAL zinger is if you click through to the full report, and find this one:

Line chart showing China, Russia, the U.K., India, and Saudi Arabia's military expenditures as a percentage of U.S. military expenditures. China spent the most by a large margin (around a third of the U.S.), while the other countries fell between 0 to 10 percent. — Other Countries’ Military Expenditures as a Percentage of U.S. Military Expenditures
Source: https://www.stlouisfed.org/on-the-economy/2023/jan/military-expenditures-how-top-spending-nations-compare

can anyone in class tell me what this says about U.S. (not pictured) Military Expenditures?

anybody?

#Propaganda #St Louis #federal reserve #Military #budget

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