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I wasn't trying to make it political, honest. Joel Send a noteboard - 16/09/2011 08:00:34 PM
This isn't a political thread and my response to RT was, if meant to be accurate, more specifically meant to be a humorous 10 second explanation, I don't believe there was anything partisan or inaccurate in what I said. We've talked over PPP and HDI and SoL ad nauseam a couple years ago, I don't think there is a need to do so again and I wouldn't want to do so in this thread if there was.

To the extent that PPP is less objective than it seeks to be, however, I think politics is a lot of the reason (the difficulty of globally, precisely and consistently gauging the factors it attempts to address is another big part of the reason.) Purchasing power parity is well intended, a good start and far better than nothing, but I can't pretend it's perfect even if I do think it more useful, however biased (intentionally or not), than raw GDP numbers.
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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 1245 Views
Mine's Belgium Isaac - 15/09/2011 03:39:37 PM 858 Views
How can that be true Sareitha Sedai - 15/09/2011 03:57:23 PM 866 Views
Exactly! Darth_Katie - 15/09/2011 10:17:50 PM 856 Views
OH, I love OH, but mostly because it's boring Isaac - 15/09/2011 11:06:36 PM 798 Views
Well then Texas as Brazil makes perfect sense random thoughts - 15/09/2011 04:40:43 PM 913 Views
Which just goes to show... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:23:27 PM 875 Views
That's pretty awesome. Nate - 15/09/2011 04:09:38 PM 838 Views
neat! *NM* Avendesora - 15/09/2011 04:40:15 PM 474 Views
um... is Austria doing well? *NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 05:10:20 PM 432 Views
I think they're pretty solid. Stephen - 15/09/2011 05:25:05 PM 988 Views
*NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 09:15:25 PM 438 Views
Ah no, I'm Greece. *NM* nossy - 15/09/2011 07:11:41 PM 404 Views
Austria? ßelals Girl - 15/09/2011 07:26:23 PM 864 Views
Made in Taiwan, Baby! Kel - 15/09/2011 08:02:23 PM 811 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 854 Views
They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Legolas - 15/09/2011 08:10:00 PM 873 Views
Re: They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Vivien - 15/09/2011 11:33:56 PM 829 Views
Puts TX in pretty good shape though. Joel - 16/09/2011 03:47:19 PM 909 Views
it would if the map was accurate random thoughts - 16/09/2011 05:08:03 PM 894 Views
So no more than a gimmick then; too bad. Joel - 16/09/2011 07:56:06 PM 819 Views
I got Turkey. *NM* LordPerrin - 15/09/2011 08:17:11 PM 390 Views
The misspelling of Ecuador bothers me. Spriteling - 15/09/2011 08:53:49 PM 1026 Views
The mispelling of mispelling bothers me. *NM* Jasha - 27/09/2011 04:20:27 AM 457 Views
Why does Sweden always have to be the place with a crumbling car industry? *NM* jh - 15/09/2011 09:02:45 PM 358 Views
Delaware = Bangladesh?! Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:11:42 PM 705 Views
Aren't there about 150 times as many people in bangladesh as in delaware? jh - 15/09/2011 09:19:01 PM 872 Views
that, and how do banks affect GDP? LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 09:37:49 PM 776 Views
The services banks provide stimulate economic growth. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:40:11 PM 741 Views
Not the money that belongs to others, but Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:53:05 PM 816 Views
Closer to 190 times as many, actually. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:37:53 PM 796 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 891 Views
Erm. Nate - 15/09/2011 09:55:08 PM 838 Views
Yeah, I don't see how those two figures are even similar tbh. *NM* Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 10:00:30 PM 309 Views
Still a huge enough difference to make you wonder about that map, though... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:00:40 PM 836 Views
yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B random thoughts - 15/09/2011 10:08:24 PM 840 Views
That's exactly what it is, yes. *NM* Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:56 PM 393 Views
Sudan would definitely be closer. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:21:00 PM 973 Views
math smath *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 12:29:57 AM 465 Views
Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B Isaac - 15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM 766 Views
There's a flip side to that, too, though. Joel - 16/09/2011 04:31:06 PM 870 Views
I'd rather not have a political debate on the subject Isaac - 16/09/2011 05:51:50 PM 837 Views
I wasn't trying to make it political, honest. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:00:34 PM 836 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 1059 Views
That's not all that similar! Vivien - 16/09/2011 12:43:10 AM 828 Views
Erm, nevermind. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:05:13 PM 806 Views
Hmm. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:10:55 PM 895 Views
Yeah, I started out by confusing Delaware with Rhode Island and it went from there. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:09 PM 897 Views
I noticed the edit thing a while back Stephen - 15/09/2011 10:57:01 PM 695 Views
Yeah, think it's pretty much always been that way. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:55:03 PM 769 Views
I have been known to call DE "the Black Hole of Calcutta for incorporation." Joel - 16/09/2011 03:40:39 PM 846 Views
The united Arab Emirates... and Brazil...eh *NM* Aisha - 16/09/2011 01:00:09 AM 395 Views
Connecticut being the UAE seems pretty appropriate in my mind for some reason ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 16/09/2011 03:08:23 AM 820 Views
Florida?! But that's America's wang! *NM* Colonel Logain - 16/09/2011 01:42:41 PM 399 Views
They prefer "The Sunshine State." Joel - 16/09/2011 07:09:21 PM 828 Views
only because it fits better on their license plates *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 08:15:00 PM 384 Views
Yeah, THAT'S why they don't like being called "Americas wang." Joel - 16/09/2011 09:57:44 PM 863 Views
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