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    I know that it must seem like a dark time to many, what with the Great Recession. And some greenies like to preach gloom and doom. And then there are the nattering nabobs of negativism, like Mobius. But optimism is an appropriate rational response.

    I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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    What country is jumping about like a bouncing ball at 2:10 (1939-1945/just under $4,000).
    One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.

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      Where can I get the raw data from this video? I'd love to build some plots of my own.
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      • #4
        I don't know if they have it prepackaged, but I think the life expectancy information is from the UN population office. Don't know about the historical income information -- most of the GDP series that I know of (IMF, CIA, etc.) don't go back as far as 1800. I think the visualization software is freeware.
        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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        • #5
          gapminder.org

          Wonderfull place. I remember that people from this site/organisation cried out for ALL the world's Statistics Bureau's to release there RAW data so they can work with it. So far they have little success as only the processed data is released (if they are lucky).
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          • #6
            Originally posted by DanS View Post
            I know that it must seem like a dark time to many, what with the Great Recession. And some greenies like to preach gloom and doom. And then there are the nattering nabobs of negativism, like Mobius. But optimism is an appropriate rational response.
            I've been thinking along the same lines recently. Where is the present day RR ?
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            • #7
              great vid
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              • #8
                gapminder is the ****. I've advertised that website on Apolyton many times.
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                "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                • #9
                  Wow, what were we doing before 1810?
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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by DaShi View Post
                    Wow, what were we doing before 1810?
                    America was only just starting to show the rest of the world the way forward.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by DaShi View Post
                      Wow, what were we doing before 1810?
                      Such is the power of industrialization, a singularity which ignited exponential improvements in the human condition.
                      "Flutie was better than Kelly, Elway, Esiason and Cunningham." - Ben Kenobi
                      "I have nothing against Wilson, but he's nowhere near the same calibre of QB as Flutie. Flutie threw for 5k+ yards in the CFL." -Ben Kenobi

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DaShi View Post
                        Wow, what were we doing before 1810?
                        Living lives that were nasty, brutish, and short.
                        I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by SpencerH View Post
                          I've been thinking along the same lines recently. Where is the present day RR ?
                          RR?

                          It's interesting to note that in the US, for every year that goes by, the life expectancy increases by about 1/3rd of a year, IIRC.
                          I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by DanS View Post
                            Living lives that were nasty, brutish, and short.
                            I initially read this "nasty, british, and short"...

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                            • #15
                              I believe RR is meant to be "Ronald Reagan," famous optimist and senile-man-in-charge-of-gigantic-nuclear-arsenal.
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