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minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·4 months agoWhile it’s good data to see, I’m always suspicious of celebrating the fact that people have gone from earning $2 per day to $5 per day as “eradicating poverty.”
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoYou can check the real wages and purchasing power parity, moreover more than doubling earnings is a large feat.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoCould you point out the purchasing power data? It’s a 93 page report and I don’t see any heading on that in the table of contents.
minus-squarescarabic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoLine go up. But that appears to be a GDP graph, not a chart of purchasing power. Am I missing something?
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThis is adjusted for PPP, Purchasing Power Parity.
While it’s good data to see, I’m always suspicious of celebrating the fact that people have gone from earning $2 per day to $5 per day as “eradicating poverty.”
You can check the real wages and purchasing power parity, moreover more than doubling earnings is a large feat.
Could you point out the purchasing power data? It’s a 93 page report and I don’t see any heading on that in the table of contents.
Line goes up.
Line go up. But that appears to be a GDP graph, not a chart of purchasing power. Am I missing something?
This is adjusted for PPP, Purchasing Power Parity.