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The paper you cite really only talks in terms of access to/possession of goods. So yes, in the US you may be more likely to possess a car than someone in Bhutan
by edderly 14y ago
The paper you cite really only talks in terms of access to/possession of goods. So yes, in the US you may be more likely to possess a car than someone in Bhutan. But whether that is better is debatable.
By comparison it's interesting to look at 'happiness', obviously that has it's own problems in terms of quantifiability. However, at least it involves asking the poor how well off they are.
http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic457678.files//HappinessInequality.pdf http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic457678.files//Hap...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness
- ry0ohki 14y agoYou can talk about happiness, but even the poorest people in the US still have access to basic sanitation and clean drinking water, and (usually) a roof over their head which is not something you can say for many poor people of the world.
- edderly 14y agoAnd as long as the poorest in the US are richer than someone in the world that is somehow satisfactory? I'm fairly content to talk about happiness, it's fairly fundamental. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_happiness http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life,_liberty_and_the_pursuit_o...
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