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I guess you didn't scroll down far enough to notice they did put those expenditures as a percentage of GDP and it doesn't paint a wildly different picture.
by scottlocklin 7y ago
I guess you didn't scroll down far enough to notice they did put those expenditures as a percentage of GDP and it doesn't paint a wildly different picture.
- alamortsubite 7y agoNo, it lists them a percentage of GDP <i>per capita</i>. Education doesn't scale like infotainment and advertising.
- Udik 7y agoCan you explain?
- scottlocklin 7y agoYou misread the chart: it plots GDP/capita vs $$ spent per student. You have to normalize it with your eyeball. And it doesn't matter; you can normalize it any way you want: the US spends more than almost any other industrialized country per student, whether raw or by % GDP. If you think the US is a nation of dumbasses because of infotainment expenses and advertising, perhaps you have some evidence for this?