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Median income perhaps, or GDP of the bottom 25% of the population? The current theory is that GDP increases trickle down, but it's not totally clear they do in
by technotony 9y ago
Median income perhaps, or GDP of the bottom 25% of the population? The current theory is that GDP increases trickle down, but it's not totally clear they do in the current system. Those metrics might lead to better overall outcomes on the key happiness metrics.
- fsloth 9y ago" Those metrics might lead to better overall outcomes on the key happiness metrics." I though we were discussing economics and not happiness? People tend to conflate the two. Just because something is not economically measurable does not mean it's not valuable. But, when we are discussing attempts to understand the world through measurement it's not really helpful to point out that the measure does not capture every facet of reality as that feature is built in to every measure. The whole point of the article was the estimated wealth gradient in roman empire - not how happy the average roman was.