Western Michigan University

Wealth of Nations

The Changing Wealth of Nations (CWON) 2021 offers a comprehensive wealth database from 146 nations which spans from 1995 to 2018. The wealth data includes a range of assets. For example, one can ...
World Bank

Natural Capital Data Hub

What is the Natural Capital Data Hub? The Natural Capital Data Hub is a one-stop platform connecting users to the World Bank’s key datasets on wealth and sustainability—making complex data accessible ...
NPR

Research into the root of wealth and poverty among nations wins Economics Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded Monday to a trio of U.S.-based researchers, for their study of the institutional roots of wealth and poverty among nations. Ever since Adam Smith wrote "The ...
NPR

Nobel Prize goes to 3 economists who study the wealth and poverty of nations

The wealth and poverty of nations has been a preoccupation of economists since Adam Smith founded the discipline 250 years ago, when he wrote a book titled, The Wealth of Nations. This year's Nobel ...
Time

The Wealth of Nations

To Financial-services companies starving for cash during the subprime-credit crises, where bailout money comes from is less important than the fact that it’s available at all. Just ask investors in ...