Having
scrubbed our chart clean, the data can now shine.
It no longer has to compete for valuable chart -- and cognitive space
--
with distracting tic marks and the like.
Our work,
however, is not done. Economists look at "the big picture"
and one graph
-- at least one very simple graph -- can rarely tell a complex story.
Before we
delve into complexity, let's take a moment to consider accessibility.