[open-economics] Econ Factbook

Sun Aug 16 23:25:14 UTC 2015

Do you know if there is a way to integrate them with this one? I am aware
of these sets in Portugal. I admit I am a bit blind about international
databases. Nevertheless, these seem pretty difficult to deal with.

But, I'll let Alex decide what to do about this specific project.

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

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2015-08-17 0:23 GMT+01:00 Rodney Beard <rodney.m.beard at gmail.com>:

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