A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2011)

Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:12AM (#23321300)

Some combination of GINI, average life expectancy, number of bankruptcies, business closures, unemployment, changes in all-cause mortality, median household debt, disposable income, educational attainment, and so on.

If you look at a basket of well-being measures as opposed to raw GDP it's hard to argue that Trump has done a good job.

Of course Covid has had a big effect. But there were many policy options for handling that, and Trump - and his far-right equivalents in other countries - reliably picked some of the least effective ones.

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by splintercell on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @06:38AM (#23321462)

Never met a person on the right who considered GINI index as a good measure.

Regarding bankruptcies, unemployment, household debt Etc, Obama's first term would show really low score on these things, presuming that's all he had, almost none of it was caused by the actions taken by him during his presidency.

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Re:A lot of “idiotic” things have reasonable explanations (2... by iateanapple on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @07:28AM (#23321759)

> If you look at a basket of well-being measures as opposed to raw GDP it's hard to argue

It is too soon to argue any of those measures.

You can’t take a single moment in time in the middle of a crisis to judge.

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