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MindzEye said:
lol, no.

No, it does not. But more importantly, it's a weak causal indicator of living standards.

Broadly, it's fucking pointless talking about GDP per capita without talking about gini. The higher your gini, the more likely that high GDP per capita doesn't actually mean anything.
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Would a revision be "New Gini"?
 
lecoqsportif said:
Let’s look at median household wealth. HDI scores. Life expectancy. Functional literacy. Under employment rates. Teen pregnancy. Incarceration rates. Obesity rates.
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Functional literacy is the one that burns me down. It's the one that, given half a chance, can at least ameliorate the other points.
 
MindzEye said:
lol, no.

No, it does not. But more importantly, it's a weak causal indicator of living standards.

Broadly, it's fucking pointless talking about GDP per capita without talking about gini. The higher your gini, the more likely that high GDP per capita doesn't actually mean anything.
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Alright. I looked this shit up and got some more education, but: what the fuck do the letters  gini stand for?
 
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