[open-economics] Econ Factbook

Sun Aug 16 23:17:28 UTC 2015

Hi Rodney.

Well, That's a huge database. That applies to US-only, right?

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

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2015-08-16 20:11 GMT+01:00 Rodney Beard <rodney.m.beard at gmail.com>:

> 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
>>
>>
>> *Phonebloks <https://phonebloks.com/en>, Partnership Manager*
>> *Lubuntu W&D <https://launchpad.net/%7Elubuntu-wiki-docs>, Team Leader*
>>
>> 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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