Historical market capitalization data for GM, Google, and Facebook are compiled and inflation-adjusted

Evidence

These data are drawn from my own compilation of General Motors market capitalization and employment data from 1926 to 2008, Google from 2004 to 2016, and Facebook from 2012 to 2016. All market capitalization values are adjusted for inflation to 2016 dollars, as per the Consumer Price Index from Federal Reserve Economic Data, Economic Research Division, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The sources used to compile these data include Standard & Poor’s Capital IQ (Google Market Capitalization and Headcount), Wharton Research Data Services—CRSP (General Motors Market Capitalization), Standard & Poor’s Compustat (General Motors Headcount), Thomas Eikon (Facebook Market Capitalization), Company Annual Reports (General Motors Headcount), and SEC Filings (Facebook Headcount). — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 2796