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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 917 Views
Mine's Belgium Isaac - 15/09/2011 03:39:37 PM 578 Views
How can that be true Sareitha Sedai - 15/09/2011 03:57:23 PM 570 Views
Exactly! Darth_Katie - 15/09/2011 10:17:50 PM 574 Views
OH, I love OH, but mostly because it's boring Isaac - 15/09/2011 11:06:36 PM 530 Views
Well then Texas as Brazil makes perfect sense random thoughts - 15/09/2011 04:40:43 PM 626 Views
Which just goes to show... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:23:27 PM 602 Views
That's pretty awesome. Nate - 15/09/2011 04:09:38 PM 574 Views
neat! *NM* Avendesora - 15/09/2011 04:40:15 PM 348 Views
um... is Austria doing well? *NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 05:10:20 PM 311 Views
I think they're pretty solid. Stephen - 15/09/2011 05:25:05 PM 621 Views
*NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 09:15:25 PM 317 Views
Ah no, I'm Greece. *NM* nossy - 15/09/2011 07:11:41 PM 287 Views
Austria? ßelals Girl - 15/09/2011 07:26:23 PM 576 Views
Made in Taiwan, Baby! Kel - 15/09/2011 08:02:23 PM 531 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 574 Views
They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Legolas - 15/09/2011 08:10:00 PM 605 Views
Re: They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Vivien - 15/09/2011 11:33:56 PM 551 Views
Puts TX in pretty good shape though. Joel - 16/09/2011 03:47:19 PM 614 Views
it would if the map was accurate random thoughts - 16/09/2011 05:08:03 PM 598 Views
So no more than a gimmick then; too bad. Joel - 16/09/2011 07:56:06 PM 553 Views
I got Turkey. *NM* LordPerrin - 15/09/2011 08:17:11 PM 267 Views
The misspelling of Ecuador bothers me. Spriteling - 15/09/2011 08:53:49 PM 744 Views
The mispelling of mispelling bothers me. *NM* Jasha - 27/09/2011 04:20:27 AM 337 Views
Why does Sweden always have to be the place with a crumbling car industry? *NM* jh - 15/09/2011 09:02:45 PM 236 Views
Delaware = Bangladesh?! Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:11:42 PM 477 Views
Aren't there about 150 times as many people in bangladesh as in delaware? jh - 15/09/2011 09:19:01 PM 605 Views
that, and how do banks affect GDP? LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 09:37:49 PM 485 Views
The services banks provide stimulate economic growth. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:40:11 PM 473 Views
Not the money that belongs to others, but Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:53:05 PM 571 Views
Closer to 190 times as many, actually. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:37:53 PM 531 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 610 Views
Erm. Nate - 15/09/2011 09:55:08 PM 559 Views
Yeah, I don't see how those two figures are even similar tbh. *NM* Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 10:00:30 PM 190 Views
Still a huge enough difference to make you wonder about that map, though... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:00:40 PM 559 Views
yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B random thoughts - 15/09/2011 10:08:24 PM 569 Views
That's exactly what it is, yes. *NM* Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:56 PM 275 Views
Sudan would definitely be closer. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:21:00 PM 650 Views
math smath *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 12:29:57 AM 347 Views
Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B Isaac - 15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM 491 Views
There's a flip side to that, too, though. Joel - 16/09/2011 04:31:06 PM 598 Views
I'd rather not have a political debate on the subject Isaac - 16/09/2011 05:51:50 PM 571 Views
I wasn't trying to make it political, honest. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:00:34 PM 539 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 767 Views
That's not all that similar! Vivien - 16/09/2011 12:43:10 AM 560 Views
Erm, nevermind. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:05:13 PM 532 Views
Hmm. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:10:55 PM 612 Views
Yeah, I started out by confusing Delaware with Rhode Island and it went from there. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:09 PM 628 Views
I noticed the edit thing a while back Stephen - 15/09/2011 10:57:01 PM 429 Views
Yeah, think it's pretty much always been that way. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:55:03 PM 497 Views
I have been known to call DE "the Black Hole of Calcutta for incorporation." Joel - 16/09/2011 03:40:39 PM 564 Views
The united Arab Emirates... and Brazil...eh *NM* Aisha - 16/09/2011 01:00:09 AM 280 Views
Connecticut being the UAE seems pretty appropriate in my mind for some reason ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 16/09/2011 03:08:23 AM 539 Views
Florida?! But that's America's wang! *NM* Colonel Logain - 16/09/2011 01:42:41 PM 281 Views
They prefer "The Sunshine State." Joel - 16/09/2011 07:09:21 PM 535 Views
only because it fits better on their license plates *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 08:15:00 PM 262 Views
Yeah, THAT'S why they don't like being called "Americas wang." Joel - 16/09/2011 09:57:44 PM 587 Views
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