back of the napkin

Explaining Bonuses on the Back of a Napkin

In the tradition of his excellent health care napkins, Unfolding the Napkin and The Back of the Napkin author Dan Roam explains yet another complicated topic with simple pictures. Check out his take on the Wall Street bonus system. I think I finally get it now… [Original post from bnet]

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Health Care on the Back of a Napkin

Having trouble understanding the current health care debate? As Portfolio author Dan Roam knows, sometimes the best way to understand a complex problem is with a simple picture. The brains behind the bestselling book The Back of the Napkin and the soon-to-be-released follow-up Unfolding the Napkin is devoting a four-part blog series to explaining health [...]

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Got any change? Let’s hope it’s for the better!

President Obama and his cabinet have their work cut out for them. If the new administration needs to review the changes in the economy over the last 8 years—and it very much does—Dan Roam, author of The Back of the Napkin, offers some helpful sketches like this one on his site. The Back of the Napkin [...]

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