[open-economics] Econ Factbook

Mon Aug 17 00:47:20 UTC 2015

Not sure, I can look into it get back to you in a couple of days.

Rodney

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:25 AM, Gustavo Silva <
gustavosantaremsilva at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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