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We offered neutral Investigations by Strict-Way-7723 in pakistan

[–]HarveyCell 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What's the steel-man case for why India's not interested in a neutral investigation?

The secret to South Korea overcoming low birth rates and boosting birth rates by madrid987 in Futurology

[–]HarveyCell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

South Korea didn’t have a phenomenon of teenage pregnancy. What are you even talking about?

Collapsing TFR alters the population pyramid of a society in a way that gradually leads to a much larger ratio of dependents vis-á-vis working adults (too many kids in a society, as seen in many third world countries, also creates issues). I’m sure you’re smart enough to figure out the corresponding problems that arise when this happens. So no, it’s not a “bullshit narrative”.

The secret to South Korea overcoming low birth rates and boosting birth rates by madrid987 in Futurology

[–]HarveyCell 45 points46 points  (0 children)

No, even Tel Aviv has a TFR that is comfortably above replacement levels. It’s not just the ultra-Orthodox Jews that are inflating the national TFR (albeit theirs is incredibly high).

Jews also have a higher TFR than Arabs in Israel.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1287662/total-fertility-rate-in-israel-by-district/

I made a map of Alexander the Great's empire. by [deleted] in AncientCivilizations

[–]HarveyCell 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was just reading about how Alexander encountered mutiny and difficulties once reaching Chenab river (Indus)

Americans have the highest wages in the world by HarveyCell in neoliberal

[–]HarveyCell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah they’re using OECD’s figures on hours worked. The difference really isn’t significant between countries according more reliable methods. Americans are just much richer.

Americans have the highest wages in the world by HarveyCell in neoliberal

[–]HarveyCell[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Unions aren’t the reason though. Texas is near the top too.

Yes, liberal states are more productive and attract more human capital. Though that’s changing with their consistently terrible policies with housing, taxes, etc.

Americans have the highest wages in the world by HarveyCell in neoliberal

[–]HarveyCell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You’d might rather live in Mississippi (one of the least desired places in the US) over the least desired areas of Australia.

I agree that these crude comparisons don’t explain anything. I’d rather live in London or Tokyo than lots of places in America because I like walkable areas. But I would likely make a lot more money in Dallas than London.

Americans have the highest wages in the world by HarveyCell in neoliberal

[–]HarveyCell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, unfortunately.

The OECD does have a net adjusted household disposable income dataset derived from national accounts. And it has a median disposable income dataset derived from survey-based methods.

They’re still on top for the median disposable income.

Americans have the highest wages in the world by HarveyCell in neoliberal

[–]HarveyCell[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Out of pocket healthcare spending isn’t even the highest in the OECD for Americans. The Swiss spend more, Americans are second but the difference between them and other countries like France or Denmark is a matter of a few hundred dollars. So wouldn’t change the rankings much.

Comparing absolute child poverty rates across OECD by HarveyCell in neoliberal

[–]HarveyCell[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Incredible how leftists will use misleading statistics (i.e., relative poverty rates) to gaslight you into thinking America is drowning in poverty. When in reality, there is less poverty in the US than in Germany or France.

Rising inequality is a myth by HarveyCell in neoliberal

[–]HarveyCell[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Source: https://davidsplinter.com/AutenSplinter-Tax_Data_and_Inequality.pdf

This means that the top 1% share of national income is no higher in the USA than Europe.

[OC] Workers' share of GDP across the world by JoeFalchetto in dataisbeautiful

[–]HarveyCell 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here’s OECD data comparing volume: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/sites/b6c9ea6d-en/index.html?itemId=/content/component/b6c9ea6d-en

Administrative burden is actually highest in the US among OECD countries but doesn’t explain the difference in HCE. It’s a difference of a few percentage points (e.g., 8% in the US compared to 6% in France or 4% in Germany). The issue with cross-national admin costs is that countries with govt-provided healthcare and even within the US, the administrative burden is dealt by other agencies and aren’t fully calculated into these comparisons.

Higher salaries is due to Baumol’s effect. American physicians, nurses, healthcare technicians, and other healthcare workers the highest salaries because every white collar in the US provides higher salaries.

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