tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post5886398060223726590..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: More Saved LinksAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-73321038812660397542020-03-02T23:52:38.218-05:002020-03-02T23:52:38.218-05:00This is a bit more detailed. https://www.forbes.c...This is a bit more detailed. https://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/06/01/astonishing-numbers-americas-poor-still-live-better-than-most-of-the-rest-of-humanity/#a2391c154ef0<br /><br />This is a quick visual https://www.expatistan.com/cost-of-living/index Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-60140095203288844952020-03-02T23:22:04.520-05:002020-03-02T23:22:04.520-05:00I do not. Let me look around when I have the chan...I do not. Let me look around when I have the chance. I imagine there are multiple ways to slice this, and we will have to choose which we find most persuasive.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-35022862526102521802020-03-02T22:52:35.907-05:002020-03-02T22:52:35.907-05:00The study seemed to discuss consumption of goods a...The study seemed to discuss consumption of goods and services in terms of dollars. But what are the relative costs of living?<br /><br />For example, thanks to the wonders of VAT, a washing machine is substantially more expensive across the pond, so if the poor man is spending money on a machine here the benefit from his dollars is magnified compared to the same spending there.<br /><br />What about housing costs? [And housing locations matter too--over here the poor tend to be rural or inner city (though they are being exported to suburbs and nearby cities--Greyhound urban renewal), while there the inner cities are supposed to be the richer areas and some of the suburbs are poor.] I'd guess more crowded=>higher priced. certainly smaller.<br /><br />We hear about the wonders of medical care over there (when available), and since most care seems to be the simple stuff that probably makes a difference.<br />The relative costs of education might figure in on the European side too.<br /><br />I'm not sure how all the factors shake out. Do you know who has tried to do a detailed comparison?<br />jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-12489691198856683642020-03-02T12:57:43.831-05:002020-03-02T12:57:43.831-05:00I think that is fair. They link what everyone els...I think that is fair. They link what everyone else links. That this may give them a skewed result is not a problem they seem to want to solve. Perhaps they shouldn't. They can shrug and say that they are reflecting, not driving, the news.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80858739498434912112020-03-02T12:55:17.882-05:002020-03-02T12:55:17.882-05:00While there might be something going on under the ...While there might be something going on under the table regarding Google's linking practices, from my understanding the basic algorithm for link ranking depended heavily on counting links from other sites to a particular page, as well as page views. That might have changed but I doubt it. It would be reasonable to expect that popular media sites would receive high rankings regardless of their ideology. Google isn't trying to be unbiased.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-32509347380160494902020-03-02T11:41:40.058-05:002020-03-02T11:41:40.058-05:00"Google disproportionately links to CNN, NYT,..."Google disproportionately links to CNN, NYT, WaPo." None of which I trust.<br /><br />"Washington Post publishes a data-driven op-ed..." I despise, detest, and distrust the WaPoo. The NYT, also.<br /><br />"Psychiatrist believes Trump could be responsible for more deaths than Mao, Stalin, and Hitler." That boy's crazy.<br /><br /> Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-69828748131186220052020-03-02T11:25:08.347-05:002020-03-02T11:25:08.347-05:00Poorest 20% of Americans are richer than the media...<i>Poorest 20% of Americans are richer than the median of most European nations.</i><br /><br />I wonder if some of the confusion about this rests on the fact that when people say 'Europe' they often think or mean France, Germany, or Scandinavia, depending on the context.<br /><br />The OECD average includes such nations as Slovenia, Republic of Slovakia, South Korea, Estonia, Poland, and Hungary. Those aren't Bangladesh-level economies but they're still not at the level of the US or northern Europe.Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.com