I had speculated there must have been data like this before, just couldn't find it.
I do like how cities of just 10 million people have GDP's greater than countries with hundreds of millions of people. Also notice which countries these all hail from;
CAPIALIST ONES!!!! (Except Paris)
Megadittoes from a DBA/Performance Analyst (not artist!). Our city's domestic product is the grossest!
ReplyDeleteIts not the Capitalism that does it, its the long-term secure ownership of property. The wealthy parts of the world are the places that have had secure ownership of property for at least 50 years.
ReplyDeleteCaptain: You must go to Freakonomics Blog and check out A Real-Estate Roller Coaster! It's my entry for best graph. Keep my $15 and spend it on a babe and buy her a chocolate martini.
ReplyDeleteRichard,
ReplyDeleteGood point, but isn't private property one of the key tenets of capitalism?
Anon,
Sorry, you're too late, we already posted it!