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Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B Isaac Send a noteboard - 15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM
To be honest I don't know what PPP really is but I guess it GDP adjusted for cost of living of the country it is in. The other nominal is probably more valid I just went with the first one I saw. Either way there it is a big difference and there are countries like the Sudan that would be a closer fit.


Purchasing Power Parity... a generalized ratio that tries to take into account that guys in Crapistan might have 1/10th the income but also by beer for 1/5th the price and some modern electronic widget at 95% of norm because the local store buys it for a tad bit more from shipping coasts but sells it for a bit less because they have smaller overhead and labor, and all that other wonderful jazz. It tends to be vague and you'll get noticeably different if fairly similar values from different groups, some of whom may or may not be biasing the data
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A map. Because maps rock. US states renamed to countries with similar GDPs. Rebekah - 15/09/2011 03:28:54 PM 920 Views
Mine's Belgium Isaac - 15/09/2011 03:39:37 PM 581 Views
How can that be true Sareitha Sedai - 15/09/2011 03:57:23 PM 576 Views
Exactly! Darth_Katie - 15/09/2011 10:17:50 PM 577 Views
OH, I love OH, but mostly because it's boring Isaac - 15/09/2011 11:06:36 PM 535 Views
Well then Texas as Brazil makes perfect sense random thoughts - 15/09/2011 04:40:43 PM 630 Views
Which just goes to show... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:23:27 PM 605 Views
That's pretty awesome. Nate - 15/09/2011 04:09:38 PM 578 Views
neat! *NM* Avendesora - 15/09/2011 04:40:15 PM 349 Views
um... is Austria doing well? *NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 05:10:20 PM 312 Views
I think they're pretty solid. Stephen - 15/09/2011 05:25:05 PM 624 Views
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Ah no, I'm Greece. *NM* nossy - 15/09/2011 07:11:41 PM 289 Views
Austria? ßelals Girl - 15/09/2011 07:26:23 PM 581 Views
Made in Taiwan, Baby! Kel - 15/09/2011 08:02:23 PM 535 Views
I'm back in Russia! This is really cool. Wouldn't have thought that Florida = = Australia. Vivien - 15/09/2011 08:06:06 PM 577 Views
They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Legolas - 15/09/2011 08:10:00 PM 610 Views
Re: They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Vivien - 15/09/2011 11:33:56 PM 556 Views
Puts TX in pretty good shape though. Joel - 16/09/2011 03:47:19 PM 617 Views
it would if the map was accurate random thoughts - 16/09/2011 05:08:03 PM 602 Views
So no more than a gimmick then; too bad. Joel - 16/09/2011 07:56:06 PM 557 Views
I got Turkey. *NM* LordPerrin - 15/09/2011 08:17:11 PM 268 Views
The misspelling of Ecuador bothers me. Spriteling - 15/09/2011 08:53:49 PM 748 Views
The mispelling of mispelling bothers me. *NM* Jasha - 27/09/2011 04:20:27 AM 338 Views
Why does Sweden always have to be the place with a crumbling car industry? *NM* jh - 15/09/2011 09:02:45 PM 238 Views
Delaware = Bangladesh?! Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:11:42 PM 482 Views
Aren't there about 150 times as many people in bangladesh as in delaware? jh - 15/09/2011 09:19:01 PM 608 Views
that, and how do banks affect GDP? LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 09:37:49 PM 488 Views
The services banks provide stimulate economic growth. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:40:11 PM 476 Views
Not the money that belongs to others, but Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:53:05 PM 575 Views
Closer to 190 times as many, actually. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:37:53 PM 535 Views
my backyard is bigger than Delaware and has more people in when I have a barbecue random thoughts - 15/09/2011 09:47:20 PM 613 Views
Erm. Nate - 15/09/2011 09:55:08 PM 562 Views
Yeah, I don't see how those two figures are even similar tbh. *NM* Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 10:00:30 PM 191 Views
Still a huge enough difference to make you wonder about that map, though... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:00:40 PM 564 Views
yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B random thoughts - 15/09/2011 10:08:24 PM 572 Views
That's exactly what it is, yes. *NM* Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:56 PM 276 Views
Sudan would definitely be closer. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:21:00 PM 655 Views
math smath *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 12:29:57 AM 348 Views
Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B Isaac - 15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM 495 Views
There's a flip side to that, too, though. Joel - 16/09/2011 04:31:06 PM 602 Views
I'd rather not have a political debate on the subject Isaac - 16/09/2011 05:51:50 PM 575 Views
I wasn't trying to make it political, honest. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:00:34 PM 542 Views
As Legolas says, that is essentially what PPP GDP is, and why I and others prefer it. Joel - 16/09/2011 03:59:41 PM 770 Views
That's not all that similar! Vivien - 16/09/2011 12:43:10 AM 565 Views
Erm, nevermind. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:05:13 PM 536 Views
Hmm. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:10:55 PM 616 Views
Yeah, I started out by confusing Delaware with Rhode Island and it went from there. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:09 PM 631 Views
I noticed the edit thing a while back Stephen - 15/09/2011 10:57:01 PM 432 Views
Yeah, think it's pretty much always been that way. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:55:03 PM 501 Views
I have been known to call DE "the Black Hole of Calcutta for incorporation." Joel - 16/09/2011 03:40:39 PM 567 Views
The united Arab Emirates... and Brazil...eh *NM* Aisha - 16/09/2011 01:00:09 AM 281 Views
Connecticut being the UAE seems pretty appropriate in my mind for some reason ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 16/09/2011 03:08:23 AM 543 Views
Florida?! But that's America's wang! *NM* Colonel Logain - 16/09/2011 01:42:41 PM 282 Views
They prefer "The Sunshine State." Joel - 16/09/2011 07:09:21 PM 538 Views
only because it fits better on their license plates *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 08:15:00 PM 263 Views
Yeah, THAT'S why they don't like being called "Americas wang." Joel - 16/09/2011 09:57:44 PM 590 Views
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