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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 1131 Views
Mine's Belgium Isaac - 15/09/2011 03:39:37 PM 770 Views
How can that be true Sareitha Sedai - 15/09/2011 03:57:23 PM 766 Views
Exactly! Darth_Katie - 15/09/2011 10:17:50 PM 761 Views
OH, I love OH, but mostly because it's boring Isaac - 15/09/2011 11:06:36 PM 710 Views
Well then Texas as Brazil makes perfect sense random thoughts - 15/09/2011 04:40:43 PM 815 Views
Which just goes to show... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:23:27 PM 789 Views
That's pretty awesome. Nate - 15/09/2011 04:09:38 PM 751 Views
neat! *NM* Avendesora - 15/09/2011 04:40:15 PM 431 Views
um... is Austria doing well? *NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 05:10:20 PM 387 Views
I think they're pretty solid. Stephen - 15/09/2011 05:25:05 PM 893 Views
*NM* Hieshyn - 15/09/2011 09:15:25 PM 393 Views
Ah no, I'm Greece. *NM* nossy - 15/09/2011 07:11:41 PM 363 Views
Austria? ßelals Girl - 15/09/2011 07:26:23 PM 770 Views
Made in Taiwan, Baby! Kel - 15/09/2011 08:02:23 PM 723 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 764 Views
They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Legolas - 15/09/2011 08:10:00 PM 786 Views
Re: They mean their GDP in absolute numbers is close to the same size? Vivien - 15/09/2011 11:33:56 PM 727 Views
Puts TX in pretty good shape though. Joel - 16/09/2011 03:47:19 PM 794 Views
it would if the map was accurate random thoughts - 16/09/2011 05:08:03 PM 790 Views
So no more than a gimmick then; too bad. Joel - 16/09/2011 07:56:06 PM 728 Views
I got Turkey. *NM* LordPerrin - 15/09/2011 08:17:11 PM 344 Views
The misspelling of Ecuador bothers me. Spriteling - 15/09/2011 08:53:49 PM 929 Views
The mispelling of mispelling bothers me. *NM* Jasha - 27/09/2011 04:20:27 AM 415 Views
Why does Sweden always have to be the place with a crumbling car industry? *NM* jh - 15/09/2011 09:02:45 PM 313 Views
Delaware = Bangladesh?! Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:11:42 PM 627 Views
Aren't there about 150 times as many people in bangladesh as in delaware? jh - 15/09/2011 09:19:01 PM 782 Views
that, and how do banks affect GDP? LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 09:37:49 PM 678 Views
The services banks provide stimulate economic growth. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:40:11 PM 656 Views
Not the money that belongs to others, but Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 09:53:05 PM 720 Views
Closer to 190 times as many, actually. Ghavrel - 15/09/2011 09:37:53 PM 706 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 795 Views
Erm. Nate - 15/09/2011 09:55:08 PM 754 Views
Yeah, I don't see how those two figures are even similar tbh. *NM* Praziquantel - 15/09/2011 10:00:30 PM 267 Views
Still a huge enough difference to make you wonder about that map, though... Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:00:40 PM 746 Views
yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B random thoughts - 15/09/2011 10:08:24 PM 758 Views
That's exactly what it is, yes. *NM* Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:56 PM 356 Views
Sudan would definitely be closer. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:21:00 PM 884 Views
math smath *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 12:29:57 AM 426 Views
Re: yeah I was looking at the PPP number which is 259B Isaac - 15/09/2011 10:22:27 PM 679 Views
There's a flip side to that, too, though. Joel - 16/09/2011 04:31:06 PM 783 Views
I'd rather not have a political debate on the subject Isaac - 16/09/2011 05:51:50 PM 748 Views
I wasn't trying to make it political, honest. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:00:34 PM 731 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 967 Views
That's not all that similar! Vivien - 16/09/2011 12:43:10 AM 731 Views
Erm, nevermind. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:05:13 PM 715 Views
Hmm. Nate - 15/09/2011 10:10:55 PM 799 Views
Yeah, I started out by confusing Delaware with Rhode Island and it went from there. Legolas - 15/09/2011 10:20:09 PM 815 Views
I noticed the edit thing a while back Stephen - 15/09/2011 10:57:01 PM 603 Views
Yeah, think it's pretty much always been that way. Joel - 16/09/2011 08:55:03 PM 677 Views
I have been known to call DE "the Black Hole of Calcutta for incorporation." Joel - 16/09/2011 03:40:39 PM 747 Views
The united Arab Emirates... and Brazil...eh *NM* Aisha - 16/09/2011 01:00:09 AM 353 Views
Connecticut being the UAE seems pretty appropriate in my mind for some reason ... The_Muted_Grimaud - 16/09/2011 03:08:23 AM 731 Views
Florida?! But that's America's wang! *NM* Colonel Logain - 16/09/2011 01:42:41 PM 357 Views
They prefer "The Sunshine State." Joel - 16/09/2011 07:09:21 PM 738 Views
only because it fits better on their license plates *NM* random thoughts - 16/09/2011 08:15:00 PM 338 Views
Yeah, THAT'S why they don't like being called "Americas wang." Joel - 16/09/2011 09:57:44 PM 773 Views
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