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/ gdpPerCapitaComparisons.R
Created
April 29, 2024 17:19
A few graphs of population-corrected GDP metrics in response to this much-retweeted tweet dunking on Europe’s tech prowess: https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1784943280171467260
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| library(wbstats) | |
| library(tidyverse) | |
| library(ggplot2) | |
| library(devtools) | |
| install_github("Financial-Times/ftplottools") | |
| library(ftplottools) | |
| gdp_pc <- | |
| wb_data( | |
| indicator = c('SP.POP.TOTL', 'NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.KD', 'NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG'), |
ajsteele
/ expected-return-on-vote-eu-referendum-2016.R
Created
June 23, 2016 12:46
A calculation of the expected return on a vote to remain in the EU referendum
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| # Calculating the expected return on a vote for the UK to | |
| # remain a member of the European Union. | |
| # v1.0 | |
| # CC0 Andrew Steele (@statto) | |
| # What are the odds of the election being won by your vote? | |
| voters = 45e6 * 2/3 # 45 million voters, 2/3 turnout | |
| diff( | |
| pnorm( | |
| voters/2 + 0:1, # victory by one vote |