World by chartsFor those of you who like to take the longer view, our problem with 1753 was fixed. It is now possible to have dates prior to 1753. For the curious, 1753 is the date when the Gregorian calendar was introduced in the UK – and the leading database company, Sybase, was based in the UK, so they banned all dates prior.
Our site’s computational engine was modified to handle dates starting 1 A.D. We don’t have a lot of new data to show you, however. It is mostly data coming from measuringworth.com and Maddison/Gapminder. That’s mostly UK inflation, and GDP and population of countries around the world.
The UK and US inflation charts show how volatile inflation was, even in periods of relative prosperity and economic development.
Books:
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
Tomorrow’s Gold: Asia’s age of discovery
A History of Interest Rates, Fourth Edition (Wiley Finance)
Forty Centuries of Wage and Price Controls
Series of interest:
