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Make Charts That Don't Mislead

4 min readUpdated 10 Jul 2026Every chart

A chart makes an argument. Make sure it's the one the data supports.

The rule

Every chart must:

  1. Start bar charts at zero.
  2. Say the units, the years and whether money is in real terms.
  3. Link the data behind it.

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