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[-] rickdg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

It's a mystery how the US belongs to a select group of contries with homongous GDP but lower life expectancy.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago

Inequality is like some of the worst developing world countries

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/05/progress-by-samuel-miller-mcdonald-review-humanitys-greatest-myth

Inequality is soaring, with the 1% scooping up ever-larger shares of global wealth. These days, the US has a Gini coefficient – the most common international measurement of inequality – on a par with slave-owning Ancient Rome. Maternal mortality rates for American millennials are three times higher than those of their parents’ generation

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 week ago

Why is the US dollar always worth less than the pound and the euro, if it's this great functioning economy? I've never been able to work that one out.

[-] Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Because 1 apple isn't equal to 1 banana.

[-] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago

Because the actual amount of money is somewhat arbitrary.

Like how if it is 77°F in the US it is the same temperature as it being 25°C in France.

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