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>How the fuck do you accurately calculate GDP and purchasing power for the year 1 AD?
>Purchasing power
Holy shit
Human economic activity before the end of the 18th century was tied to what a person could do in a year with their hands, its actually very easy to calculate
For all of human history before industry and machines global GDP per capita was somewhere between $150 and $200 in todays dollars
Global human wealth in 1 AD compared to today was essentially $0