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100dylan99 t1_iscc9ug wrote
Reply to comment by Charizard3535 in [OC] Suicide Rate vs GDP per capita for various countries. Notice that the upper right triangle is almost empty i.e. generally increase in GDP per capita results in decrease in suicide rates. by ankuprk
No, there aren't.
It seems you're Canadian from your profile. If that's the case, then you literally do not have a frame of reference or ability to even know what being poor in a poor nation is like. You live in a country with one of the highest standards of living in the world. If you're talking about the US, please -- just shut up.
You should find a source, or stop sharing such silly, ignorant, and offensive opinions. GDP is well known by economists to correlate extremely well with almost every positive metric. Is it perfect? No. Does it explain every possible thing? Not at all. Is it objective, relatively easy to measure, and highly correlative with postiive results on a global and historical scale? Yes. This is objectively true and is seen in just about every GDP regression done by people who know what they're doing.
Side note - GDP should almost always be logarithmic. Nominal GDP is not nearly as meaningful.
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Reply to comment by EnvironmentalCry3898 in [OC] Rise in U.S. Consumer Price Index Compared to Last Year by Metalytiq
Incomes have, adjusted for CPI, increased steadily in the last 40 years in the US. They absolutely do keep up with cost of living. You're being melodramatic.
100dylan99 t1_is96v21 wrote
Reply to Democracy and economic equality in six major western countries, since 1980 [OC] by progressinmotion
This data is slightly complicated, therefore this sub hates it. Please make this a bar graph with the agenda clearly underlined. (/s)
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Reply to comment by thebestoflimes in Police Killings per Capita v Homicide Rate per Capita for Select OECD Countries [OC] by dr5c
> The USA is consistently a heavy outlier when compared to other very wealthy countries in terms of healthcare, imprisonment, violent crime, etc.
That's because other "developed countries" are Europe, Arabia, and a few places in Asia.
The Americas are more violent than just about everywhere in Eurasia, hell, even Africa when you adjust for GDP (outside of South Africa, which is in many ways more like LatAm than the rest of Africa anyway. The US has a very minor version of the problem Brazil has. It is not doing very poorly at the job that France is doing.
100dylan99 t1_iscd9bh wrote
Reply to comment by Miguel7501 in [OC] Suicide Rate vs GDP per capita for various countries. Notice that the upper right triangle is almost empty i.e. generally increase in GDP per capita results in decrease in suicide rates. by ankuprk
What is the trend? I do not see any trends whatsover. It seems like there is zero correlation. Most countries are between 0 and 20 GDP pc and 0-20 suicides pc.