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	<title>Indy Telecom &#38; Industrial Media &#187; World</title>
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	<description>Would you like fries with that?</description>
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		<title>50 Years of Global Nominal Spending History</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/11/13/50-years-of-global-nominal-spending-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/11/13/50-years-of-global-nominal-spending-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:01:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Excellent (and controversial) summary chart of the global macro-economic history of the past ~50 years by David Beckworth.

Of course, the chart has sparked some interesting takes by Paul Krugman and Alex Tabarrok, amongst others.
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		<title>Microfinance Heat Map of Average Yield</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/10/03/microfinance-heat-map-of-average-yield/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/10/03/microfinance-heat-map-of-average-yield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microfinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat Map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MFI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microfinance Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yield]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a slightly better attempt at creating a heat map, this time with the Google Gadgets API.
The heat map below is that of the Average Gross Yield (Nominal) of MFI institutions from various countries in the world.  The yield is in percentage (i.e. .06=6% and .85=85%). 

Data was sourced from MIX Market.
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		<title>Microfinance Investment by Country Heat Map</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/10/01/microfinance-investment-by-country-heat-map/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/10/01/microfinance-investment-by-country-heat-map/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microfinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heat Map]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MFI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microfinance Institutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rankings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve been playing around with some fun MFI data from around the world. In particular, I was curious to see what the Gross Loan Portfolio across various microfinance institutions were, and how they aggregated within each country of operation.
Luckily, I was able to source some rather excellent data from MIX Market.
Given this (and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debt vs GDP Percentage</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/21/debt-vs-gdp-percentage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/21/debt-vs-gdp-percentage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Information Visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt vs GDP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GDP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debt as GDP % for the top 20 debtor nations &#8212; if you notice, despite our high debt, we are quite a bit lower on the totem pole.


Data was sourced from Index Mundi.
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		<title>Debt Over Time: US/China/World</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/18/debt-over-time-uschinaworld/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/18/debt-over-time-uschinaworld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comparison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Time]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, more debt stuff. Here&#8217;s a chart showing the comparison of debt between the US, China and the World, with percentages.


Data was sourced from Index Mundi.
]]></description>
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		<title>World Debt Per Capita</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/18/world-debt-per-capita/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/18/world-debt-per-capita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Per Capita]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Percentage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Population]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Debt Per Capita]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Based on my previous debt pie chart, I&#8217;ve had several people ask me for a population comparison on the side. I&#8217;ve done one better &#8211; here&#8217;s a chart showing debt owed per person.

And shown below is a comparison of percentage debt with the percentage population. Click on the population chart to view a bigger version [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Debt (External)</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/18/world-debt-external/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/18/world-debt-external/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Comparison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a comparison of world debt by percentage. Data is sourced from Index Mundi.

]]></description>
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		<title>Solar Powering the World</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/17/solar-powering-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/09/17/solar-powering-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Information Visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surface Area]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How much surface area would be needed to power the world, entirely through solar panels?  Not all that much, it would seem.

(Source: Information Is Beautiful)
]]></description>
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		<title>Bankruptcy in Arabia</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2009/04/15/bankruptcy-in-arabia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2009/04/15/bankruptcy-in-arabia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bankruptcy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dubai]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dealbreaker recently talked about a rather fascinating yet disturbing article on a woman who was stuck in Dubai because her husband was arrested for losing his job and facing bankruptcy.

&#8220;Before I came here, I didn&#8217;t know anything about Dubai law. I assumed if all these big companies come here, it must be pretty like Canada&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Oil Price Rise by Banning Trading</title>
		<link>http://www.metlin.org/2007/11/08/stop-oil-price-rise-by-banning-trading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.metlin.org/2007/11/08/stop-oil-price-rise-by-banning-trading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karthik Narayanaswami</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While it looks like the oil prices may not hit the $100 mark after all, I did read a rather bizarre article on the New York Times on a proposed Indian solution to help contain the rising oil prices.
M.S. Srinivasan, who is India&#8217;s Petroleum Secretary, is as worried as anyone else about the rising oil [...]]]></description>
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