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It is not only SWE jobs that have lower salaries in Europe. Broadly speaking all jobs in Europe have lower salaries; the living standard in Europe are consider
by throwaway4good 6y ago
It is not only SWE jobs that have lower salaries in Europe.
Broadly speaking all jobs in Europe have lower salaries; the living standard in Europe are considerably lower than in the US.
The US has a GDP pr capita of 65.000 USD, whereas the number for EU is just 36.000 USD.
So what can we do?
My suggestion would be to do as the Americans: Expand our military ten-fold, enforce our currency as reserve currency onto the rest of the world, run massive deficits.
We used to be really good at this stuff, too bad we have fallen behind.
- Cthulhu_ 6y ago> the living standard in Europe are considerably lower than in the US. Citation needed, unless you're being sarcastic throughout your post (can't tell, Poe's law?). If I get the 'rona, I might die but at least I won't go bankrupt. Anyway, GDP per capita in Europe is not the best measure, because there's still a massive economic disparity within Europe; the east is still feeling the effects of the Soviet Union (and Russia's influence), the south has been struggling financially for a long while now (Greece had to be bailed out). The West and North are doing all right for themselves; Germany has a GDP per capita of $46K, 10K higher than the number you cited. Netherlands is even higher at $52K, Switzerland does $82K, Ireland, the base of operations for a lot of US companies has $89K and Luxembourg, a tiny country, trounces the whole world at $114K per capita.
- throwaway4good 6y agoThe first part is non-sarcastic. The GDP pr capita is really the closest to an objective measurement for living standards. And the GDP pr capita varies a lot inside the US as well.