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> The US also fares poorly if you don't count the wealthiest 15% of the population. This is false. The US has the third highest median income of any country in
by samatman 2y ago
> The US also fares poorly if you don't count the wealthiest 15% of the population.
This is false. The US has the third highest median income of any country in the world, after Luxembourg and the United Arab Emirates (which clearly does not count the income of their foreign slaves). PPP adjusted, btw.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-income-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/median-in...
- mullingitover 2y agoHmm, I'm seeing a different story in the World Bank's data[1] for GPD per capita, PPP adjusted. It shows the US in 12th place. Regardless, I'm happy to cede this point as it's irrelevant to the topic I was discussing: Cuba isn't that poor compared to its peers. [1] https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?most_...
- dragonwriter 2y agoGDP/Capita isn't median income (it should roughly correspond to mean income); many of the higher GDP/capita are also higher inequality and so lower median is quite possible.
- samatman 2y agoThank you, I put median in italics and everything. The point of citing the median is that, by definition, the top 15% do not affect it, except by virtue of existing.
- mullingitover 2y agoOkay, I already ceded that point anyway. The overall point that you can cherry pick to make any country look bad in one way or another stands, however.
- samatman 2y agoWhat you've demonstrated is that one can start with false statistics and reach a conclusion not grounded in reality.