Re:The Gig Economy Celebrates Working To Excess
by rubber_duck on Thursday March 23, 2017 @08:42AM
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>is just like the difference between the fancy parts of Stockholm and rural eastern Europe
It's really not - in the EU the difference between median net income in say Norway 41 483€ or Denmark 28 364€ and Romania 2 315€ and Bulgaria 3 332€ - that is over 10x differences between poorest and richest countries. US doesn't have that level of disparity between states even if you count Puerto Rico.
Re:The Gig Economy Celebrates Working To Excess
by vilmosi on Thursday March 23, 2017 @06:40PM
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That may be true but you should really compare purchasing power rather than raw disposable income (I still think what you say is true, but not as exaggerated)
It's really not - in the EU the difference between median net income in say Norway 41 483€ or Denmark 28 364€ and Romania 2 315€ and Bulgaria 3 332€ - that is over 10x differences between poorest and richest countries. US doesn't have that level of disparity between states even if you count Puerto Rico.
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/gdp-and-beyond/quality-of-l...