Tag: comparative economies
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If Your State Were a Country, Which Country Would it Be?
Marc Vander Maas has found an interesting map that shows US States Renamed For Countries With Similar GDPs. For example, I'm living in an economy the size of Poland (Missouri) and next door to Malaysia (Kansas). This gives you some idea just how large the American economy is.
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The Mountain Man and the Surgeon
The Mountain Man and the Surgeon is a great case study by The Economist of the difference between absolute and relative poverty. It compares a poor man in Eastern Kentucky to a surgeon in the Congo and does a great job of pointing out the complexities of tackling poverty. Why juxtapose the lives of a…