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Something I wonder, along these lines, is whether we're measuring the right thing. For instance, does "thriving" depend on things like life expectancy, infant m
by analog31 2y ago
Something I wonder, along these lines, is whether we're measuring the right thing. For instance, does "thriving" depend on things like life expectancy, infant mortality, maternal mortality, quality of health care, pollution, crime, incarceration, traffic deaths, and so forth? The way I think about it, "economics" is supposed to study the quality of life, not just a few isolated numbers that happen to be in units of dollars.
Do any of our "rivals" have entire regions with the levels of poverty seen in places like Mississippi, southern Ohio, or northern Michigan? I grew up in an area with patches of poverty like that.
- 0xDEAFBEAD 2y agoThings are not bad in Mississippi: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-great-to-live-in-the-american-economy/ https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/its-great-to-live-in-t...
- analog31 2y agoIndeed, this is exactly what I'm talking about, an article cherry picking one number. I haven't been to Mississippi, but I've been to other areas of deep poverty in the US. I don't think there are regions of France with poverty like that. Are we measuring the right thing?