[open-economics] Econ Factbook

Sun Aug 16 23:23:53 UTC 2015

No, they have some international data sets. I haven't looked at those in
detail. Just thought you guys should know about it. There are a few other
data sources out there as well that do something similar to what you are
proposing.

Rodney

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:17 AM, Gustavo Silva <
gustavosantaremsilva at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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