tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post3530631500428750785..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: GDP Per Square KilometerCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-79781916861343727352009-02-07T15:26:00.000-08:002009-02-07T15:26:00.000-08:00Regarding I think the only conclusion I can make i...Regarding<BR/><BR/><I> I think the only conclusion I can make is that sand does not lend itself well to making GDP. </I><BR/><BR/>Well, don't know about the sand, but it's probably the lack of water that's it. No water, no people... no people, no economic activity...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-25576131502553422792009-02-06T10:46:00.000-08:002009-02-06T10:46:00.000-08:00This is basically just a population density chart ...This is basically just a population density chart with some randomness added for productivity.<BR/><BR/>Sooner or later somebody will look at it and think that Europe is more productive than the United States. Heh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-47017444064991403682009-02-06T04:41:00.000-08:002009-02-06T04:41:00.000-08:00... or frozen tundra for that matter.... or frozen tundra for that matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-27229230929676040762009-02-06T04:34:00.000-08:002009-02-06T04:34:00.000-08:00Cap'n, check out this page's maps which show that ...Cap'n, check out <A HREF="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2007/01/the_distributio.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> page's maps which show that the GDP map correlates pretty much perfectly with actual population density.<BR/><BR/><I>I think the only conclusion I can make is that sand does not lend itself well to making GDP.</I><BR/><BR/>Nor does the frozen northern wasteland of my beloved (if ailing) homeland. Though interestingly, Russia's frozen wastes seem to generate marginally more GDP than Canada's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com