 Infographic: Movie Heist Hauls Vs. GDPPOSTED BY rosco8 | TUESDAY DECEMBER 1 AT 8:15 PST
Let me get this on the table right now: I am not an economist. In addition, I don't read The Economist. If pressed, I probably couldn't give you a good definition of the word economist. But, I like movies. I know movies, and I know movies where there are guys looking for a big score (usually, they're not economists either). And, outside some of the more ridiculous amounts of money sought (cough, Swordfish) - there has been a slight upward trend of hauls of monies in heist films. You know what else has a general upward trend (or a drastic one, that real economists warn against)? The GDP - aka the Gross Domestic Product. Please refer again to the opening sentence before you read this: the GDP is a handy little way to say, "Look how valuable this country is." So here's a graph for your "economic" enjoyment. You can get what you will out of it, but remember this: so what if Danny Ocean and his crew got away with $150 million - that's just a drop in the ocean compared with the numbers we're talking here.
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December 1st, 2009 at 02:39 pm it's clear that you are not an economist. This graph makes almost no sense. You want to compute the real value of the heist and the real value of GDP all in the same year dollars and then divide if you want to compare the value of the heist as a percentage of GDP. You could just plot log(real_heist / real_gdp) and then you would have a graph that would be readable and convey some actual information.
December 1st, 2009 at 02:43 pm i agree with anon, graph sucks bro
December 1st, 2009 at 02:44 pm This made no sense. Also, it was dumb. Also, I like pie.
December 1st, 2009 at 02:46 pm Agreed! This chart makes no sense.
December 1st, 2009 at 02:49 pm I have learned nothing.
December 1st, 2009 at 02:51 pm You also left out a shit load of other movies on here like The heist, Goodfellas, bank job, inside man etc. Take some tutorials on charts in excel and watch some movies before posting again.
December 1st, 2009 at 02:55 pm This graph totally sucks and doesn't say much. The mismatched scales of millions on one side and trillions on the other try to make it easier to see, but the fact that the left goes to 8 million and the right goes to 13 trillion makes the graph feel so blown up that I feel there may be no statistical significance between the numbers.
December 1st, 2009 at 03:03 pm author didnt even match units correctly. chart says millions for heist, but is actually graphed as tens of millions. ep1c fail
December 1st, 2009 at 03:09 pm Wow, I must admit I am impressed! R Twww.web-anonymity.de.tc
December 1st, 2009 at 03:32 pm Where in the fuck is THE HEIST?????? Best fucking Heist movie period, hell you even used it in your title. FIX IT and all will be well.