Here we see ol’ Mercator , if area sizes were drawn harmonize to the amount of discretionary income expend on electronics by its citizen . As the globe ’s large thriftiness , the US being the freehanded blob here at $ 162 billion for 2007 is not that surprising . But what might be surprising is Japan , who expend more on recreation than habiliment , house items and electronics combined - fairly interesting for such a style- and contraption - witting state . Also note central Europe ’s electronics expenditure , which is intelligibly becoming a force to be reckoned with ifIFA in Berlinwas any indication . manoeuvre over to the NYTimes for more playing with this nerveless little flash data point visualization with other category of disbursement . [ NYTimesviaBoing Boing ]
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