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Map of Idle Container Ships

Published on May 25, 2009 in East Asia and Google Earth. Closed

Container ships parked off the Singapore coast. As of March 2009, 11.3 percent of the world’s shipping capacity sat idle from How Google Earth explains the financial crisis found via ChartPorn
Empty ships

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

Published on January 27, 2008 in Angus Maddison, China, East Asia, GDP per Capita, Income - Average, Median, India, Indonesia, Japan, Line Graph and United States. 5 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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Data estimates for population from Angus Maddison Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Groningen.

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