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Meh, I'm no fan of Erdogan, but statistics like that should be used with caution. This precipitous decline does not show what you imply it shows. This is what h
by 99052882514569 7y ago
Meh, I'm no fan of Erdogan, but statistics like that should be used with caution. This precipitous decline does not show what you imply it shows. This is what happens when your currency tanks, numbers like "GDP in USD" get all out of whack. Compare and contrast with GDP per capita PPP[1]
[1] https://tradingeconomics.com/turkey/gdp-per-capita-ppp https://tradingeconomics.com/turkey/gdp-per-capita-ppp
- doctorpangloss 7y agoEngineers have a hard time disliking someone for emotional reasons though. Like it’s not enough that Erdogan is a bad guy, it has to be about numbers.
- switch007 7y agoI think that’s a sweeping generalisation. His crimes are sufficient enough for me.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoNumbers tend to lie less than emotional appeals, especially given recent history of shouting "bad guys" as a pretext to ruin nations.
- 99052882514569 7y agoIt is absolutely (not just, but also) about numbers, just not nominal GDP in USD.
- ozgune 7y agoAlso, quick clarification note related to the GDP numbers. Erdogan has been Turkey's Prime Minister since 2003 (head of the executive branch). In 2014, Erdogan was elected as President. In 2017, Turkey went through a constitutional referendum that made the President head of the executive branch. I'm noting this because much of Erdogan's popularity is rooted in Turkey's GDP growth between 2003-2013.
- csomar 7y ago> This is what happens when your currency tanks, numbers like "GDP in USD" get all out of whack. Your currency tanking is worse than having the GDP going down.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoHow? edit: I mean that as a genuine, serious question, how is that worse?
- 99052882514569 7y agoMy point is that in this case, it is one and the same, because you chose to denominate it in a currency whose value went up, a lot.