Re:Understanding Foreign Interference [pdf]
by alamortsubite on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @11:57AM
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No, it lists them a percentage of GDP <i>per capita</i>. Education doesn't scale like infotainment and advertising.
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Re:Understanding Foreign Interference [pdf]
by scottlocklin on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @01:41PM
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You misread the chart: it plots GDP/capita vs $$ spent per student. You have to normalize it with your eyeball. And it doesn't matter; you can normalize it any way you want: the US spends more than almost any other industrialized country per student, whether raw or by % GDP.
If you think the US is a nation of dumbasses because of infotainment expenses and advertising, perhaps you have some evidence for this?