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Re:Microsoft Workers to Form Company’s First Union in the U.S. by jandrewrogers on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @10:59AM (#34247113)
The EU has a higher quality of life. The US has a higher standard of living. Quality of life and standard of living are only loosely correlated.
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Re:Microsoft Workers to Form Company’s First Union in the U.S. by camgunz on Thursday January 05, 2023 @05:39AM (#34258105)
The EU has both a higher quality of life and standard of living. Here's Investopedia's list of stuff [0] you'd measure for standard of living (FWIW it also mentions HDI as a good measure of standard of living, which the EU generally beats the US at, especially IHDI):

- Life expectancy

- Inflation rate

- Number of paid vacation days

- Class disparity

- Poverty rate

- Quality and affordability of housing

- Hours of work required to purchase necessities

- GDP

- Affordable access to quality healthcare

- Quality and availability of education

- Incidence of disease

- Infrastructure

- National economic growth

- Economic and political stability

- Political and religious freedom

- Environmental quality

- Climate

- Safety

Generally other than the GDP/economic growth points, the EU beats the US.

[0]: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/08/st...

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