Map of Idle Container Ships

Catherine — Mon, 25 May 2009 15:41:12 +0000

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

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

Catherine — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:36:01 +0000

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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Map of Idle Container Ships

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