02 December 2010
Two centuries of world economic history
Almost three years ago I wrote a post about how fertility and longevity correlate with income, citing the outstanding data assembled by Hans Rosling at his Gapminder site. I also linked to his stunning TED talk that is still worth your while if you haven't seen it.
Now he has a new presentation - The Joy of Stats - hosted by the BBC. Embedded above is an excerpt showing how (contrary to some people's misconceptions) the world as a whole has gotten wealthier and healthier in the last two centuries.
Found at The Pajama Pundit.
Addendum: The charts used in this lecture are drawn on a log-linear scale. On the financial x-axis, the three labeled ticks are $400, $4000, and $40,000. There is a vigorous debate as to whether this is appropriate at Kids Prefer Cheese, via The Daily Dish.
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That was great! What a neat post, that's what keeps me coming back to tywkiwdbi. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI noticed that some countries looked like bouncing balls, taking dramatic short dips (China in 1958-1962), and others were far more steady. I'd really like to look at the source data.
ReplyDeleteDaBris - try starting with their website -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gapminder.org/
but there's a boatload of information compressed into that presentation; I doubt you can access primary data.
A rising tide truly lifts all (sound)ships. The general positive trend is very heartening.
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