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I'd be interested in seeing this data. I couldn't find anything with a cursory search, can you point me in the right direction?
by dariusj18 7y ago
I'd be interested in seeing this data. I couldn't find anything with a cursory search, can you point me in the right direction?
- rayiner 7y agohttps://www.visualcapitalist.com/2000-years-economic-history-one-chart/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/2000-years-economic-history...
- dariusj18 7y agoSo the source for that appears to be http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/oriindex.htm http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/oriindex.htm "Statistics on World Population, GDP and Per Capita GDP, 1-2008 AD" but I can't find the methodology used. It is definitely an interesting spreadsheet to look through.
- xyzzyz 7y agoMaddison is garbage source for anything pre 1800s, FWIW. His all "data" before 1800s is completely made up. See http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/Book_Reviews/Maddison.pdf http://faculty.econ.ucdavis.edu/faculty/gclark/Book_Reviews/...