Visualizing The Evolution Of The American Economy Over The Past 50 Years

The American economy and the industries that power it have experienced fascinating change over the last half century. An interesting way to track that change is by following the largest, most powerful companies in the United States has they make their way up and down the annual Fortune 500 list.
Slant Marketing has done just that and compiled their findings into a super interesting interactive that can be seen here.
They reviewed the top 20 companies of the Fortune 500, from 1965 to 2015. For reach year, they grouped companies by industry and calculated that industries revenue within the top 20. They’ve also created a more in depth look, but creating a secondary static graphic of the data that shows the companies by year and how they rank, along with their total revenue. They also include major events that have happened within those years that have had an impact on the economic landscape.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Apr 23, 2017.