[open-economics] Econ Factbook

Sun Aug 16 19:11:19 UTC 2015

Hia all,

How would this improve on Fred? https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/

Rodney
p.s. Hi Gustavo.

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Gustavo Silva <
gustavosantaremsilva at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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