GDP ratios, the industrial revolution and IT - Joi Ito's Web

Oki Matsumoto of Monex sent me another interesting GDP slide supporting the idea that IT is equalizing GDP per capita. Before the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, the GDP share of the world was in ratio to the population of each country. However, due to the rise of ideologies such as capitalism and communism and differences in technology development have significantly influenced the GDP

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GDPの差が人口の差に準拠するようになっていくのかしらん。