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This is where she addresses the change in housing. She doesn't discuss square footage, rather number of rooms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A#t=20m3

by masterj 16y ago

This is where she addresses the change in housing. She doesn't discuss square footage, rather number of rooms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A#t=20m30s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A#t=20m30s This is where she addresses health insurance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A#t=31m10s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A#t=31m10s And here the additional risk with needing to take off work for medical care: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A#t=33m40s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akVL7QY0S8A#t=33m40s Also, as she clearly shows in her book, a family needs a second worker to have a higher standard of living (bigger house, two cars, better medicine) than their parents. This is not her view, nor what she argues with her data. You are certainly free and encouraged to interpret the data yourself, but it was unclear that you were giving your own view and not her's, which is what I found so confusing. This is why my approach to this conversation was one of correction, not discussion. I tend to agree with her analysis of the data and feel that yours is misleading. I suspect that this arises from a difference in priorities or viewpoint that would be impossible to address in this space. You have, however, inspired me to read her book, so for that I thank you.

yummyfajitas 16y ago
...but it was unclear that you were giving your own view and not her's,... From my first post: "According to her data," [...] "(you need to read carefully, she plays down the tax numbers by presenting them in a confusing manner)." From my second post: "Her raw data is great, but her presentation is really confusing. I'm rather leery of her conclusions - she is great at gathering data, but terrible at analysis." Not sure how I could have been clearer that I was relying on her data rather than her opinion. If I cite her again, I'll be sure to use all caps. I'm also not sure why you feel my comparisons of square footage, # of cars or maternal death rates are misleading.

by masterj 16y ago

yummyfajitas 16y ago

...but it was unclear that you were giving your own view and not her's,... From my first post: "According to her data," [...] "(you need to read carefully, she plays down the tax numbers by presenting them in a confusing manner)." From my second post: "Her raw data is great, but her presentation is really confusing. I'm rather leery of her conclusions - she is great at gathering data, but terrible at analysis." Not sure how I could have been clearer that I was relying on her data rather than her opinion. If I cite her again, I'll be sure to use all caps. I'm also not sure why you feel my comparisons of square footage, # of cars or maternal death rates are misleading.