World Maps: Indian Wealth in 1500 vs. 2002
Similar to a previous post on Indian GDP in the 1600s vs. today, here is a look at how the combined wealth in India (as a % of WW wealth) compares with that in the year 1500.
Wealth in the year 1500
Wealth in the year 2002
Charts are from Worldmapper, found via Maoxian’s del.icio.us links.
If this is “Asia’s Century”, we should see a reversion back to the good old days!
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March 9th, 2007 at 1:20 pm
In the recently released Forbes billionaires list India leads the country with most number of billionaires in Asia replacing Japan which held that position for over 2 decades.
Now, if only we can get some of that money to trickle down
March 9th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Yes. Unfortunately, that does not translate to an equitable distribution of wealth
March 9th, 2007 at 5:58 pm
The inequitable distribution of wealth *could* be a reflection of the inequitable distribution of talent, motivation, intelligence etc and is thus fair