Archive for January, 2008

Income of United States, Japan, India, China, and Indonesia since 1500

Published by Catherine on January 27, 2008 in Angus Maddison, China, East Asia, GDP per Capita, Income - Average, Median, India, Indonesia, Japan, Line Graph and United States. 4 Comments

I am comparing the GDP per Capita of the United States with Japan, India, China, and Indonesia over the last 500 years. (GDP per Capita for each country is in 1990 international Geary-Khamis dollars, calculated from purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies and average prices of commodities.)

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Income of United States, Japan, India, China, and Indonesia since 1500 magnifying glass

Data estimates for population from Angus Maddison Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.

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Annual income of three billion dollars?

Published by Catherine on January 21, 2008 in Income - High. 1 Comment

Reading the Wealth Report I stumbled across The $3 Billion Payday

…hedge-funder John Paulson, who made somewhere between $3 billion and $4 billion last year. That’s right, between $3 billion and $4 billion. In one year.To put that in perspective, Mr. Paulson’s salary equals the incomes of 62,500 Americans earning the national median income of $48,000 a year. It also puts him instantly among the top 150 richest Americans, as measured by Forbes. Mr. Paulson made more in one year than The Donald has made in a lifetime.

I have tried to graph hedge fund manager income in the past but it is difficult to compare income of $50,000 with $3 billion on the same graph. Alternatively, I have compared CEO and hedge fund managers.

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Share of GDP: China, India, Japan, Latin America, Western Europe, United States

Published by Catherine on January 20, 2008 in Angus Maddison, Bar Chart, China, GDP, India, Japan, Latin America, United States, Western Europe and World. 7 Comments

After coming across this graph about the share of world GDP (China, India, and US), I started to wonder what was the percentage back to 1500? The graph below shows the share of GDP over the last 500 years for China, India, Japan, Latin America, Western Europe, and United States. (Keep in mind that the change in population size will effect the size of the GDP)

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Population growth since 1500 magnifying glass

Data estimates for GDP from Angus Maddison Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.

See also:
Last 2,000 years of growth in world income and population

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Share of Population Growth: China, India, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, United States

Published by Catherine on January 13, 2008 in Africa, Angus Maddison, Bar Chart, China, India, Latin America, Population, United States, Western Europe and World. 6 Comments

Here, I have graphed the percent of world population over the last 500 years for China, India, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, and United States. This is a companion graph to Comparing Population Growth: China, India, Africa, Latin America, Western Europe, United States

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Population growth since 1500 magnifying glass

See also:
China: 2,000 Years of Income and Population Growth
Last 2,000 years of growth in world income and population

Data estimates for population from Angus Maddison Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.

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US/UK Historical Economic Series

Published by Catherine on January 13, 2008 in Dow Jones Industrial Average, GDP, GDP per Capita, New Data Sites, Population, United Kingdom, United States and Wages. 0 Comments

Measuring Worth
US/UK econ & population series from 1700s. UK Gold, Earnings and Retail prices back to 1260s.
This site lets you graph data and calculate Annualized Growth Rates for various time periods

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