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Economy is not a science US has the highest GDP in the World, the highest per capita spending in healthcare in the World and the lowest life expectancy in the

Economy is not a science US has the highest GDP in the World, the highest per capita spending in healthcare in the World and the lowest life expectancy in the entire west Unfortunately it also has one of the worst children mortality rate among the 36 most developed countries "Compared with other OECD countries, the U.S. ranks No. 34 out of 36 countries" https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/infant-mortality-rates.htm https://data.oecd.org/healthstat/infant-mortality-rates.htm Speaking of socio economic indicators, wanna talk about homicide rates in US, ten times higher than the European average and 1.5 times worse of Nigeria? It means that every 2 homicides in 100K citizens in Nigeria there are 3 in USA. It's easier to get shot and killed in USA than in Nigeria. Doesn't sound very developed nor that the system is working towards a better life for everybody. If you were right that would not be possible If fighting for the children to stay alive after being born is anticapitalistic, than BIG THUMBS UP for the anticapitalism Inequalities lead to very few living very well and the rest just surviving Which is a recipe for disasters

CryptoPunk 6y ago
Economics IS a science. This anti-Economics bias rears its head whenever people find economic evidence contradicts their ideological narrative. It's similar to the anti-Medicine bias exhibited by anti-Vaxxers, who frequently cite the many mistakes made by the Medical establishment and orthodoxy, in an attempt to discredit it. >>Unfortunately it also has one of the worst children mortality rate among the 36 most developed countries The correlation between per capita GDP and quality of life is not perfect, yet it's there nonetheless. Pointing out an outlier doesn't invalidate my point that development is generally a measure of per capita productivity. And while we're on the subject: the US has unique attributes that have nothing to do with its economy, that result in higher infant mortality statistics. For example, the US has a much higher proportion of its population of sub-Saharan African ancestry, which is a cohort that has higher infant mortality rates in European countries as well. The US also has the best neonatal facilities in the world, with a much higher proportion of premature infants being counted as live births and subsequently cared for, than the norm in the developed world. Counting the deaths of premature babies as infant deaths, instead stillborn, is the biggest contributor to the US having higher infant mortality rates. The rest of your comment is you veering even further from the subject matter, to attack the US. This shallow and overly emotional treatment of Economics doesn't do the complexity and importance of the subject justice.
- romanoderoma 6y ago
  > Economics IS a science It is not Not because I am anti economics, but because there is no proof available > it's similar to the anti-Medicine bias No, it is not My parents are doctors I know the difference > The correlation between per capita GDP and quality of life is not perfect, yet it's there nonetheless. That's an understatement! If the country with the largest GDP cannot even keep babies alive like Estonia can do, it must mean something... > For example, the US has a much higher proportion of its population of sub-Saharan African ancestry, I come from a country where hundreds thousands of people come from Africa every year Have you ever had an emperor that ruled your continent born in Africa? Because I do! Your arguments are weak at best Are you a racist? Because, you know, people coming to US from central Africa are not that many, unless you count slaves brought there 300 years ago. If 300 years are not enough to treat them like everybody else, I guess there's a problem... > has higher infant mortality rates in European countries as well. It actually does not We have an universal healthcare system that takes care of everybody regalrdelss of where they come from > The US also has the best neonatal facilities in the world, Proof? > to attack the US. I do not make the statistics > This shallow and overly emotional treatment of Economics doesn't do the complexity and importance of the subject justice. Show me then what makes US better than Nigeria if I don't want to be shot in the streets...
  - CryptoPunk 6y ago
    >>Not because I am anti economics, but because there is no proof available Yes, it is. Scientific proof is not available in economics, but that doesn't make it not a science. You're disagreeing with academic consensus on what economics is when you claim it is not a science. >>My parents are doctors >>I know the difference That you have these advantages and are exhibiting this clearly ideologically motivated anti-science bias is even worse. >>Have you ever had an emperor that ruled your continent born in Africa? What the hell does that have to do with anything? >>Are you a racist? Again, what do these despicable attempts at character assassination have to do with anything I argued. >>It actually does not People of sub-Saharan African ancestry in Europe DO have higher infant mortality rates.. >>Proof? Do some research on the causes of higher infant mortality rates in the US. It mostly comes down to more pre-term births being counted as live births, and the deaths of these infants being counted toward infant mortality statistics, instead of being counted as stillbirths.

CryptoPunk 6y ago

Economics IS a science. This anti-Economics bias rears its head whenever people find economic evidence contradicts their ideological narrative. It's similar to the anti-Medicine bias exhibited by anti-Vaxxers, who frequently cite the many mistakes made by the Medical establishment and orthodoxy, in an attempt to discredit it. >>Unfortunately it also has one of the worst children mortality rate among the 36 most developed countries The correlation between per capita GDP and quality of life is not perfect, yet it's there nonetheless. Pointing out an outlier doesn't invalidate my point that development is generally a measure of per capita productivity. And while we're on the subject: the US has unique attributes that have nothing to do with its economy, that result in higher infant mortality statistics. For example, the US has a much higher proportion of its population of sub-Saharan African ancestry, which is a cohort that has higher infant mortality rates in European countries as well. The US also has the best neonatal facilities in the world, with a much higher proportion of premature infants being counted as live births and subsequently cared for, than the norm in the developed world. Counting the deaths of premature babies as infant deaths, instead stillborn, is the biggest contributor to the US having higher infant mortality rates. The rest of your comment is you veering even further from the subject matter, to attack the US. This shallow and overly emotional treatment of Economics doesn't do the complexity and importance of the subject justice.

romanoderoma 6y ago
> Economics IS a science It is not Not because I am anti economics, but because there is no proof available > it's similar to the anti-Medicine bias No, it is not My parents are doctors I know the difference > The correlation between per capita GDP and quality of life is not perfect, yet it's there nonetheless. That's an understatement! If the country with the largest GDP cannot even keep babies alive like Estonia can do, it must mean something... > For example, the US has a much higher proportion of its population of sub-Saharan African ancestry, I come from a country where hundreds thousands of people come from Africa every year Have you ever had an emperor that ruled your continent born in Africa? Because I do! Your arguments are weak at best Are you a racist? Because, you know, people coming to US from central Africa are not that many, unless you count slaves brought there 300 years ago. If 300 years are not enough to treat them like everybody else, I guess there's a problem... > has higher infant mortality rates in European countries as well. It actually does not We have an universal healthcare system that takes care of everybody regalrdelss of where they come from > The US also has the best neonatal facilities in the world, Proof? > to attack the US. I do not make the statistics > This shallow and overly emotional treatment of Economics doesn't do the complexity and importance of the subject justice. Show me then what makes US better than Nigeria if I don't want to be shot in the streets...
- CryptoPunk 6y ago
  >>Not because I am anti economics, but because there is no proof available Yes, it is. Scientific proof is not available in economics, but that doesn't make it not a science. You're disagreeing with academic consensus on what economics is when you claim it is not a science. >>My parents are doctors >>I know the difference That you have these advantages and are exhibiting this clearly ideologically motivated anti-science bias is even worse. >>Have you ever had an emperor that ruled your continent born in Africa? What the hell does that have to do with anything? >>Are you a racist? Again, what do these despicable attempts at character assassination have to do with anything I argued. >>It actually does not People of sub-Saharan African ancestry in Europe DO have higher infant mortality rates.. >>Proof? Do some research on the causes of higher infant mortality rates in the US. It mostly comes down to more pre-term births being counted as live births, and the deaths of these infants being counted toward infant mortality statistics, instead of being counted as stillbirths.