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One point, I would be curious what the numbers would look like if you subtract immigrants from the US figures (since Japan has effectively no immigration). Ste
by gen220 3y ago
One point, I would be curious what the numbers would look like if you subtract immigrants from the US figures (since Japan has effectively no immigration).
Stepping back... having higher "productivity" or "GDP growth" does not make a cut-and-dry "winner". Everything is a trade-off.
- patrec 3y ago> Stepping back... having higher "productivity" or "GDP growth" does not make a cut-and-dry "winner". Everything is a trade-off. OK, so what's the upside to working almost twice as long to achieve the same output as an American? Doesn't seem to be happiness, because Japan seems to score a good deal lower there as well, and that's after GDP adjustment: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-vs-happiness?country=~JPN~USA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-vs-happiness?country=... As I said, I'm aware of plenty of metrics that Japan does significantly better than the US on, but I'd like to see one that's linked to low productivity and low growth.