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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 1055 Views
Mine's Belgium Isaac - 15/09/2011 03:39:37 PM 710 Views
How can that be true Sareitha Sedai - 15/09/2011 03:57:23 PM 704 Views
Exactly! Darth_Katie - 15/09/2011 10:17:50 PM 699 Views
OH, I love OH, but mostly because it's boring Isaac - 15/09/2011 11:06:36 PM 659 Views
Well then Texas as Brazil makes perfect sense random thoughts - 15/09/2011 04:40:43 PM 755 Views
Which just goes to show... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:23:27 PM 730 Views
That's pretty awesome. Nate - 15/09/2011 04:09:38 PM 694 Views
neat! *NM* Avendesora - 15/09/2011 04:40:15 PM 404 Views
um... is Austria doing well? *NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 05:10:20 PM 364 Views
I think they're pretty solid. Stephen - 15/09/2011 05:25:05 PM 755 Views
*NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 09:15:25 PM 368 Views
Ah no, I'm Greece. *NM* nossy - 15/09/2011 07:11:41 PM 340 Views
Austria? ßelals Girl - 15/09/2011 07:26:23 PM 710 Views
Made in Taiwan, Baby! Kel - 15/09/2011 08:02:23 PM 668 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 704 Views
They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Legolas - 15/09/2011 08:10:00 PM 731 Views
Re: They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Vivien - 15/09/2011 11:33:56 PM 677 Views
Puts TX in pretty good shape though. Joel - 16/09/2011 03:47:19 PM 728 Views
it would if the map was accurate random thoughts - 16/09/2011 05:08:03 PM 730 Views
So no more than a gimmick then; too bad. Joel - 16/09/2011 07:56:06 PM 671 Views
I got Turkey. *NM* LordPerrin - 15/09/2011 08:17:11 PM 321 Views
The misspelling of Ecuador bothers me. Spriteling - 15/09/2011 08:53:49 PM 869 Views
The mispelling of mispelling bothers me. *NM* Jasha - 27/09/2011 04:20:27 AM 394 Views
Why does Sweden always have to be the place with a crumbling car industry? *NM* jh - 15/09/2011 09:02:45 PM 293 Views
Delaware = Bangladesh?! Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:11:42 PM 572 Views
Aren't there about 150 times as many people in bangladesh as in delaware? jh - 15/09/2011 09:19:01 PM 724 Views
that, and how do banks affect GDP? LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 09:37:49 PM 618 Views
The services banks provide stimulate economic growth. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:40:11 PM 599 Views
Not the money that belongs to others, but Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:53:05 PM 661 Views
Closer to 190 times as many, actually. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:37:53 PM 649 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 740 Views
Erm. Nate - 15/09/2011 09:55:08 PM 690 Views
Yeah, I don't see how those two figures are even similar tbh. *NM* Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 10:00:30 PM 246 Views
Still a huge enough difference to make you wonder about that map, though... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:00:40 PM 689 Views
yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B random thoughts - 15/09/2011 10:08:24 PM 701 Views
That's exactly what it is, yes. *NM* Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:56 PM 331 Views
Sudan would definitely be closer. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:21:00 PM 772 Views
math smath *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 12:29:57 AM 399 Views
Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B Isaac - 15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM 616 Views
There's a flip side to that, too, though. Joel - 16/09/2011 04:31:06 PM 723 Views
I'd rather not have a political debate on the subject Isaac - 16/09/2011 05:51:50 PM 694 Views
I wasn't trying to make it political, honest. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:00:34 PM 663 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 902 Views
That's not all that similar! Vivien - 16/09/2011 12:43:10 AM 677 Views
Erm, nevermind. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:05:13 PM 656 Views
Hmm. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:10:55 PM 744 Views
Yeah, I started out by confusing Delaware with Rhode Island and it went from there. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:09 PM 753 Views
I noticed the edit thing a while back Stephen - 15/09/2011 10:57:01 PM 552 Views
Yeah, think it's pretty much always been that way. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:55:03 PM 619 Views
I have been known to call DE "the Black Hole of Calcutta for incorporation." Joel - 16/09/2011 03:40:39 PM 687 Views
The united Arab Emirates... and Brazil...eh *NM* Aisha - 16/09/2011 01:00:09 AM 332 Views
Connecticut being the UAE seems pretty appropriate in my mind for some reason ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 16/09/2011 03:08:23 AM 675 Views
Florida?! But that's America's wang! *NM* Colonel Logain - 16/09/2011 01:42:41 PM 335 Views
They prefer "The Sunshine State." Joel - 16/09/2011 07:09:21 PM 677 Views
only because it fits better on their license plates *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 08:15:00 PM 311 Views
Yeah, THAT'S why they don't like being called "Americas wang." Joel - 16/09/2011 09:57:44 PM 715 Views
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