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> relative quality of life Relative to what?
by WalterBright 7mo ago
> relative quality of life
Relative to what?
- mbgerring 7mo ago- relative to last year - relative to peers in other countries - relative to my parents when they were my age - relative to how hard I’m working to find housing or a job - relative to the way braindead economists talk about the economy in their newsletters
- happytoexplain 7mo agoRelative to itself. I.e. the QoL for the upper, middle, and poor are each getting worse.
- WalterBright 7mo ago> Relative to itself Then it would be an absolute change, not a relative one.
- happytoexplain 7mo agoI'm speaking colloquially, not statistically. More literally, I mean "absolutely, but also relative to various things." See the parent's reply to you for concrete examples.
- WalterBright 7mo agoI asked because if a coworker gets a bigger raise than Bob, then Bob is relatively poorer. But Bob isn't actually poorer.