Economy

The basic outline of world economic history is surprisingly simple. Indeed it can be summarized in one diagram: figure I.I

TheGlobalEconomy.com serves researchers, business people, academics, and investors who need reliable economic data on foreign countries.

Recent regulatory blowback against Uber, Lyft and other ridesharing services around the world have reignited the ongoing regulatory policy debate surrounding the ride service in India, Uber’s second biggest market in terms of cities where it operates.

A hundred years ago, nobody talked about "the economy." That's because easy ways to measure and talk about it hadn't been invented. On today's show: how we started boiling nations down to a number.

This episode of Planet Money explores the self-inflicted implosion of Venezuela's economy.