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Indeed: places with higher beer tax and overall higher price levels such as Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland were "accidentally" not included on the chart. So
by ptaipale 9y ago
Indeed: places with higher beer tax and overall higher price levels such as Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Finland were "accidentally" not included on the chart.
So it looks like the author did some cherry-picking of data points.
- roryisok 9y agoWell, he was comparing EU countries so Norway, Iceland and Finland would not be included in that. Sweden should be though
- noinsight 9y agoWhat? Finland is in the EU. It even uses the Euro, unlike Sweden.
- praseodym 9y agoFinland is an EU member state though.
- roryisok 9y agoOops. My bad
- dogma1138 9y agoIceland and Norway are in the EEA for all intents and purposes they are in the EU for this comparison since they are part of the unified market. Also since Switzerland not to mention a plethora of non EEA/EU countries are in the graph your entire premise falls apart.
- dmurray 9y agoHe was comparing countries from all over the world including Singapore, Ukraine and the USA.
- tedmiston 9y agoIt would be interesting to see the data as a heat map overlaid on a world map. And to see more countries included like this. I also didn't see mentioned how the author arrived at one number to represent the price in each country. Guinness in the US can be 2-3x more expensive in some cities or neighborhoods than others.