Watch the bubbles grow

September 23, 2011 11:25 AM

IMF Data Mapper v 3.0

Rosling's fun stuff applied to IMF data for September 2011. Includes selections of GDP, growth, change in percentage etc available by regions, countries, continent, and in map or bubble form. Downloadable.

posted by infini (6 comments total)

International Monetary Fund??

I was hoping for a little Impossible Mission Force data myself...
posted by Samizdata at 12:40 PM on September 23, 2011

Because, unquestionably, growth equates to good.
posted by humboldt32 at 1:38 PM on September 23, 2011

Because, unquestionably, growth equates to good.

That's the Washington consensus, yes.

FWIW, lack of growth seems pretty shitty.
posted by chavenet at 1:41 PM on September 23, 2011

The view of the Global Financial Crisis from my lack of growth mound is delicious.
posted by humboldt32 at 1:54 PM on September 23, 2011

Thanks for the link. In much the same vein, with lots more data sets, have a look at the Google Public Data Explorer.
posted by Marlinspike at 5:39 PM on September 23, 2011 [1 favorite]

Constant growth is unsustainable. It is myopic, and fails to recognize that humanity is a bounded system. That Washington consensus is bizarrely wrong. Sustainability, along with a definition of what values are to be sustained, is required.
posted by stonepharisee at 11:43 AM on September 24, 2011