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What does this contribute exactly to conversation about this topic? Most people when evaluating success of a country take into account a slurry of values such a
by cwperkins 8y ago
What does this contribute exactly to conversation about this topic? Most people when evaluating success of a country take into account a slurry of values such as GDP, Life Expectancy, GDP Per Capita (more important than GDP IMO), Unemployment, Fertility, Education, Income Inequality. Take a look at the OECD data sheet for the United States: https://data.oecd.org/united-states.htm https://data.oecd.org/united-states.htm.
Comments like this just scream America hating and serve to inflame, they don't contribute to a substantive conversation.
- harperlee 8y agoIt is not America hating, as this is not just an issue for US. Sorry if it sounded that way. You are right in that there are more indicators already defined, but you don’t see presidents boasting these figures - and even press and newspapers focus way more on economy and GDP. It’s simply more important in most heads, in my opinion, and this whould change (again my opinion!)