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You might want to actually read that Wikipedia page; those figures are very very heavily massaged in multiple ways, and not everyone would necessarily agree wit
by Bud 4y ago
You might want to actually read that Wikipedia page; those figures are very very heavily massaged in multiple ways, and not everyone would necessarily agree with how they are massaged. Suffice it to say, there's a large fudge factor here, much larger than the difference you are trying to point out.
- chrisseaton 4y ago> those figures are very very heavily massaged in multiple ways One person complains they don't account for taxes and benefits, and another complains they do!
- Bud 4y agoTrue. Fair enough. It's hard to figure out precisely what the right way to measure this is.
- socialdemocrat 4y agoYeah, I think when you start trying to cram that much stuff into a single number it will end up misrepresenting reality. People like the simplicity of single numbers for comparison, but it is about as sensible as describing a personality by a single number. I think I would rather show the median value for a variety of variables. Not everything makes sense to turn into dollars. How do you turn health care into dollars? What you pay for it is not a true reflection of the quality. US tends to look good when things are turned into dollars and a lot worse when real world metrics and outcomes are measured such as health, happiness, safety, stress, life expectancy, leisure time etc.