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This is ridiculous. If Malaysia is on the verge of surpassing Portugal in per capita GDP why can’t India? They’re each “deeply colonial states”, neither of them
by barry-cotter 7y ago
This is ridiculous. If Malaysia is on the verge of surpassing Portugal in per capita GDP why can’t India? They’re each “deeply colonial states”, neither of them having any real connection to pre-British states except as constituent units. More generally India has already done plenty to help its citizens. Even before the end of the License Raj, when the wannabe Fabians we’re running India you had massive improvements in health and education. Since the worst of the economic mismanagement was removed the Indian economy and the general populace's living standards have just shot up and continue to do so.
- theseadroid 7y agoYour statement on Malaysia and Portugal GDP per capita surprised me. So I did some fact checking. According to Wiki Malaysia’s 2018 GDP per capita is usd 10,941. Portugal is 23,176. [1] 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Portugal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Portugal https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Malaysia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Malaysia
- vincentmarle 7y agoIf you look at purchasing power parity (PPP), the numbers are closer together: $30,859 (Malaysia) and $32,023 (Portugal).
- xchaotic 7y agoHow many MacBook Pros do you get though. If anything, what the software developers might want is likely more expensive in Malaysia than Portugal. Likewise for India.
- rohit2412 7y agoThen go define your software developer purchasing power parity index. Such economic measures are complex, and if you want to see a single number for a country, that number should be representative for everything and everyone
- chvid 7y agoEven in Malaysia expenses for tools such as computers and software is small compared to wages for skilled professionals.