The Big Picture is a financial blog that I track because it gives me insight into things that are happening that I have no experience with. Occasionally they find some great graphics, as is the case today. They have posted a portion of an infographic from a book titled Business Booms and Depressions Since 1775 which was printed in 1944. The chart shows the booms, depressions, inflation, federal debt and business activity over a 169 year period.

The full size of the graphic is too large to post, for even as a jpeg the size was 4,857 x 952. You can download it as a PDF from the St. Louis Fed FRASER archives.

via : Business Booms and Depressions Since 1775 @ The Big Picture