Yeah, 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 n

Yeah, 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.