TCOB

A busy fall session of business-related assignments. My piece about the lingering effects of a financial crisis ran in the Economic View section of Sunday's New York Times.

Assignments like these can be challenging. Economics-related articles can induce eye-glazing at the best of times. My job is to counteract that effect. When coupled with the disastrous results of the worldwide economic troubles, you have to resist the urge to go over the edge of the cliff. Although one of my sketches did just that.

Here's another piece for the same section, about charging fees for services that have been offered for free. Citibank suffered a huge backlash and ridicule after placing a $5 user fee on debit card usage.

Great to work with art director Minh Uong on these. 

Darwinomics

No, it's not the survival of the fittest analogy that springs to mind immediately. This piece for the New York Times Business Weekend section involves a more subtle interpretation of Darwin's writings.
What if we thought of the marketplace as adaptive, finding more efficient methods of wealth creation and distribution, and move beyond Adam Smith's 'invisible hand'
Food for thought. Makes for some good reading, you can see the article here. The article 'Darwin, the Market Whiz' is written by Robert H. Frank.
What a treat to draw Darwin! I worked with Minh Uong on this, sketches below.