News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human righ... by jongjong on Friday May 19, 2023 @10:17AM (#36002271)
Norway is far richer than US on a per-capita basis. Also, US mean wealth is a lot higher than its median wealth (which is what really counts). Any dirt-poor country could print money to give a few trillion dollars of nominal wealth to a single dictator and achieve a high mean wealth but everyone else in the country would be dirt poor.
Re:U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human righ... by Retric on Friday May 19, 2023 @10:40AM (#36002541)
Printing money doesn’t create net wealth even if it seems like it should you just get inflation.

Dictators are wealthy because even taking a few dollars per month from millions of people adds up fast.

Re:U.S. prison labor programs violate fundamental human righ... by avgcorrection on Friday May 19, 2023 @10:19AM (#36002313)
Income and wealth inequality also drives crime, indeed.