Paul Bébéar

Markets, money and history, made explorable.

Data science and international markets at Albert School and Mines Paris. Based in Madrid.

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Atlas Through Time: a 3D globe showing country borders in 1900, with a timeline slider from 3000 BCE to 2000 CE
Atlas Through Time. Borders, wars and nations across 5,000 years.

Work

The Half Line: a chart ranking 26 countries by the share of adults who hold half of all wealth

The Half Line

How few people hold half of everything, in 26 countries. Toggle wealth or income, remove billionaires, or count public wealth.

Data visualisation, WID and Forbes data
SpaceX's IPO, without the spin: summary page with key figures

SpaceX's IPO, checked

A viral video on the SpaceX listing, claim by claim. Most of it holds. The index mechanism it blames is described backwards.

Market analysis
Capex, Opex and D&A: decision diagram for booking a cost as an expense or an asset

Capex, opex and D&A

When a cost hits profit, with live charts. Ends with why regulated grid operators prefer to capitalise.

Finance explainer

Now

Indexable

indexable.pro

Structured data for restaurants and bars in Madrid, so search engines and AI assistants read their menus correctly.

A site template for tattoo artists

In progress

One page that does the job: real portfolio photos, booking, aftercare.

How power grids work

Next

A series of interactive explainers on electricity grids and power markets.

About

I grew up in New York with French parents, worked in hospitality in New York, Miami, Paris and Belgium, and now study data and markets.

I'm based in Madrid, interning at SENSE Reply on AI for energy systems and building Indexable on the side. I make these pieces to understand a subject properly, then publish them so others can use them too.

  • Energy and grids
  • AI systems
  • Markets
  • History and geography
  • Data visualisation