Personally I don't think there's any doubt that Google's search quality has fallen down over the last few years. There have been a few instances where what I was looking for was not found on Google and I gave up looking…
My point is that it is culture that affects happiness, not merely internal or material well being. So taking into account cultural variations is meaningless when what I'm interested in measuring is the end result.
Well what gets measured gets improved. What's subjective to you is pretty objective to me - the health impact of unhappiness, for example, will reflect in healthcare costs. Which btw makes up 15% of US GDP. Now is that…
Well comparing GINI across similar sized countries: India (36.8), Russia (39.9), US (40.8), China (46.9), Brazil (49.3), India is the lowest of the group. While its true that most european countries have slightly lower…
Sustainability and environment count for something. Perhaps a lot. Self-reported happiness obviously counts for a lot. GDP does'nt take any of that into account.
This is quite true and surprising. A european once mentioned that one problem is too many fat people in the "developed countries". See the distribution of worldwide obesity here -…
I'm sorry but you sound very presumptuous - you could'nt bring yourself to stay a single day in situations where people have stayed their lifetime - or clean the toilet yourself - and you presume to dictate what is best…
What he is actually saying is that people are supporting Anna without necessarily understanding the reasons why - then he proceeds to lay down the reasons how we got to this situation after 43 years of the bill and the…
Corruption exists for historical reasons and because the Govt has not had the spine to go after pilfered assets and corrupt officials as it was perceived as too big a problem. Similar problem existed in Hong Kong and…
25% is about right for indian gdp around mughal period. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/08/history-of-world-gdp/ these early wins were against muslim rulers who did not have that much support of their majority…
The greatest good for the smallest number ?
Re: most benevolent structure ever to have existed here's a reference on internal tariffs from R.C.Dutt since it is very hard to locate online. "The transit duties became more oppressive under the British Rule than they…
It's not the discovery of america, it's the fact that India was actively deindustrialized by the British railways which had a negative feedback loop on Indian industry, whereas in America the railways had a positive…
While it is true that India tolerated a variety of cultural norms amongst its many people before the British, practices like those you mention were fringe practices and by no means mainstream. It was Indian reformers…
A few points 1. There is a much bigger correlation with India than you suppose. You can a. build universities and schools to train people b. create favorable tax and corporate structures to foster industry c. capture…
There are entire generations of british historians since WW2 dedicated to the PR propaganda of how good the british were for the colonies and until very recently the western opinion has been entirely shaped by this…
Personally I don't think there's any doubt that Google's search quality has fallen down over the last few years. There have been a few instances where what I was looking for was not found on Google and I gave up looking…
My point is that it is culture that affects happiness, not merely internal or material well being. So taking into account cultural variations is meaningless when what I'm interested in measuring is the end result.
Well what gets measured gets improved. What's subjective to you is pretty objective to me - the health impact of unhappiness, for example, will reflect in healthcare costs. Which btw makes up 15% of US GDP. Now is that…
Well comparing GINI across similar sized countries: India (36.8), Russia (39.9), US (40.8), China (46.9), Brazil (49.3), India is the lowest of the group. While its true that most european countries have slightly lower…
Sustainability and environment count for something. Perhaps a lot. Self-reported happiness obviously counts for a lot. GDP does'nt take any of that into account.
This is quite true and surprising. A european once mentioned that one problem is too many fat people in the "developed countries". See the distribution of worldwide obesity here -…
I'm sorry but you sound very presumptuous - you could'nt bring yourself to stay a single day in situations where people have stayed their lifetime - or clean the toilet yourself - and you presume to dictate what is best…
What he is actually saying is that people are supporting Anna without necessarily understanding the reasons why - then he proceeds to lay down the reasons how we got to this situation after 43 years of the bill and the…
Corruption exists for historical reasons and because the Govt has not had the spine to go after pilfered assets and corrupt officials as it was perceived as too big a problem. Similar problem existed in Hong Kong and…
25% is about right for indian gdp around mughal period. http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/08/history-of-world-gdp/ these early wins were against muslim rulers who did not have that much support of their majority…
The greatest good for the smallest number ?
Re: most benevolent structure ever to have existed here's a reference on internal tariffs from R.C.Dutt since it is very hard to locate online. "The transit duties became more oppressive under the British Rule than they…
It's not the discovery of america, it's the fact that India was actively deindustrialized by the British railways which had a negative feedback loop on Indian industry, whereas in America the railways had a positive…
While it is true that India tolerated a variety of cultural norms amongst its many people before the British, practices like those you mention were fringe practices and by no means mainstream. It was Indian reformers…
A few points 1. There is a much bigger correlation with India than you suppose. You can a. build universities and schools to train people b. create favorable tax and corporate structures to foster industry c. capture…
There are entire generations of british historians since WW2 dedicated to the PR propaganda of how good the british were for the colonies and until very recently the western opinion has been entirely shaped by this…