When will the Fed Raise Rates?

Mark Thoma has a good post (with lots of good graphs) on the topic and discusses the continuing weakness in the U.S. economy.

The Whole Population, Employed, Unemployed & Underemployed

This chart from the Marketplace Whiteboard blog provides a good image of the scale of unemployment and underemployment to the whole population.

Health Care Break Down

Krugman has a good chart showing the sources of health care spending in the United States - a significant amount of American health care spending is already from the government - essentially, lots of Americans enjoy a single payer system.