Articles like the one that is the focus of this thread always interest me; even if they're incorrect in their main argument, I sometimes feel like a broader per

Articles like the one that is the focus of this thread always interest me; even if they're incorrect in their main argument, I sometimes feel like a broader perspective is needed than the post world war era-present perspective that's usually the focus of discussions. Usually it seems they only go back to the 1980s or so, and even less so to the 1950s, and even less so to the 1930s. But it seems some complete history, going back throughout history, is needed? Do you or anyone here on HN have some good, quantitative references for something like World GDP per capita over all of human history? Obviously that's difficult but it seems as if some rough estimates could be obtained. I looked in the linked article but didn't see anything quite like what I was looking for. But I might have missed it. This is the only thing I could find offhand that's what I'm looking for, but I wondered if there's something more peer-reviewed: https://delong.typepad.com/print/20061012_LRWGDP.pdf https://delong.typepad.com/print/20061012_LRWGDP.pdf I think the data in there is roughly consistent with the assumptions of the linked post but it's hard to find concrete estimates. Then there's stuff like this which is what you're pointing out: https://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/rankh.htm https://www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/rankh.htm It too is what I had always read and learned in history courses but without concrete economic figures.