[open-economics] Econ Factbook

[Gustavo Silva]

Hello all,

Well, I agree that the world you benefit form better websites to access
data. The problem is the credibility these things can get, which are
crucial for actually being used.

>From where I see it, the problem is about automation. How will you keep the
contents and databases updated? In a secondary perspective, what can you do
to increase the credibility of your website? Indeed, allowing users the
possibility to escalate the data for custom usages - hence, API related
stuff - is a great step, but how will economists from the academic world
will use and benefit from this?

In Portugal, we have something similar called Pordata
<http://www.pordata.pt/> and I know for sure that no one from the academic
worlds wants his students to use data from this website. Why? They say it
is not the original source, even though that entire interface is way better
and more useful that Eurobarometer
<http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/index_en.htm>or national banks
websites/databases.
This is just an example for you to consider if you want, of course :-)

Best Regards / Obrigado e com os melhores cumprimentos,
Gustavo Silva


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2015-08-15 21:26 GMT+01:00 Alex Peek <alexpeek1 at gmail.com>:

> Thank you Everton! That is my plan to set up an API for Econ Factbook
> <http://econfactbook.org/>. I want to use this website to create some
> simple and easy to use visualizations but I am not sure how long it will
> take to get to that stage. Great idea tho.
>
> Right now I am looking for a lead programmer to help me expand Econ
> Factbook. If you are interested, please send me an email. This is an
> opportunity to be involved in a high potential website. The lead programmer
> would play a pivotal role in identifying possibilities and limitations when
> developing the website.
>
> My idea is that the internet needs better websites to access economic
> data. After years of research I have come to the conclusion that there is
> not a website that structures economic data to display the activity of an
> economy. That is why I created Econ Factbook to fill this void. The goal of
> the website is to show all of the wealth and assets flowing around an
> economy in a single model. I believe this concept can greatly increase the
> transparency of economic data about the world. I know in my heart that this
> is the direction the study of economics needs to go.
>
> Here is an example of the format used in the website: South Korea
> <http://econfactbook.org/Southkorea.html>. The United States
> <http://econfactbook.org/Unitedstates.html> article is the best because
> it shows the government budget breakdown, household wealth breakdown and
> local government statistics. I hope to someday have every country article
> be as complete as the United States article.
>
> Please let me know if you want to get involved or learn more.
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Alex
>
> On 15 August 2015 at 05:13, Everton Zanella Alvarenga <
> everton.alvarenga at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello, Alex.
>>
>> That is cool. I believe if some developer could help you to build an API
>> for this data, that could help other make graphs with interesting
>> comparisons from it.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Everton
>>
>> 2015-06-13 14:53 GMT-03:00 Alex Peek <alexpeek1 at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I wanted to show the community my new website at econfactbook.org.
>>> Please click on one of the countries on the website to see the format.
>>>
>>> It's designed to be a reference tool to look up economic data. I hope
>>> this website is useful and generates more ideas.
>>>
>>> - Alex
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