tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613069268037311.post3819530465702603370..comments2023-10-29T11:14:38.086+00:00Comments on Tales from the Data Design Hell Hole: Paul Krugman and Rising Inequality in the USThe Liberal Thughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11477804474477277312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613069268037311.post-34479565255889841422006-12-14T04:26:00.000+00:002006-12-14T04:26:00.000+00:00Stu,
Krugman is awesome, and is book the accident...Stu,<br /><br />Krugman is awesome, and is book the accidental theorist is great. He's high up on the list for a Nobel Prize I reckon.<br /><br /><br />The following might sound a bit geektastic.<br />Things that trouble me include the fact that if one focuses on the median income rather than the mean then the average american's income has hardly increased in the last 15 years or so. (I forget the specifics).<br /><br />This being the case, and the well documented swing right of Clinton post the '94 midterms I wouldn't give the guy too much credit. <br /><br />I'd be curious to study the entire income distribution of the US compared to the EU states (France is impressively unequal on some measures, but all measures fail to describe inequality accurately). What is notable is that recent evidence suggests that the "American Dream" of social mobility is very, very, dead. I can't remember the citations, but, essentially social mobility is lower in the US than in most of the EU due to the poor state of public schools in poor areas and the importance of attending a good uni.<br /><br />Any how, hope all is well, and am tres jealous.<br /><br />BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3066613069268037311.post-37057361602456302612006-12-08T05:09:00.000+00:002006-12-08T05:09:00.000+00:00hear hear! an absolute disgrace - if only more peo...hear hear! an absolute disgrace - if only more people raised these questions and were actually heard -how does he get away with it? if some average dude robs a bank, his face is blazoned on the news, he does his time in prison etc etc - how can a man rob a whole nation, hoodwink the whole world, and not only still be at large, but actually ruling a country? please explaaaain?! (for all you aussies reading this!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com