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You've just admitted something very interesting, which I think is not uncommon. What you've said in this post is that "I found it funny, until I found out who made it." In other words, you've admitted here that the part of your brain called the amygdala overrode the pre-frontal cortex -- anger...

This may surprise you, but most residents of Miami have never been to Cuba and the ones who were there were from a distinct political upper class. Additionally, it's changed a lot since the 60's when they had tens of thousands of political prisoners in jail. Now it's actually more politically...

That's hilarious! Too bad they gave in to a bunch of whiny, complaining old farts.

Here's a link to the actual document: http://royalsociety.org/climate-change-summary-of-science/ "There is strong evidence that the warming of the Earth over the last half-century has been caused largely by human activity, such as the burning of fossil fuels and changes in land use...

You would have convinced me that you're not crazy if only you'd gone for the fifth "LOL." So very close! :) Better luck next time.

Sad, false, nonsense as I've already cited for your perusal. And what's the percentage of rural electrification in Cuba, now that you've been told it? And do you now understand what a standard of living measure is and how it's not GNI? And do you understand that Canadians and the...

Thank you, that's very kind. My favorite magazine is the Economist, so that should tell you about my politics. At the same time I've noticed a enormous tendency recently of the, errr, not-very-bright to develop an interest in the political scene and to believe they understand it. Reality is...

Hilariously wrong. Nurse practitioners are more unusual in Canada than the US, and actually people in the US often get diverted to NP's rather than doctors. In fact, you have it entirely, 100% backwards. Why am I not surprised?

Doctor's visits per capita: US 8.9 Canada 6.3 UK 4.9 http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_con_wit_doc-health-consultation-with-doctors

Since you like repeating false statements, here -- argue with the Merriam-Webster dictionary for a while: Definition of LAISSEZ-FAIRE 1 : a doctrine opposing governmental interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary for the maintenance of peace and property rights 2 : a...

Nope. The link to the picture exists, but not at the original, claimed, source. You know how I know the picture sourced to the noaa is bull? Notice that the years it picks are randomly separated from each other without a consistent x-axis. Nah, if you had any foundation to your beliefs...

Good for you for volunteering. Consider this a friendly pat on the back.

Actually I'm using it as an example of mixed economies (or even socialist economies) performing adequately against more laissez-faire economies. It's important to understand how the world works in order to know where to invest and what to invest in. It's likely that most of the posters in...

Um, no, that was a hypothetical to illustrate how GNI is not a measure of standard of living. Here's the post in this thread showing that you brought up "Norway:" http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=2969457&highlight=norway#post2969457 If I had low self-esteem I'd...

Did you get your economics degree from the Austrian Elementary School?

And you're... wrong again. And the hits just keep on coming. PPP is an adjustment for pricing (if you've ever heard of the Big Mac index you'll understand how PPP works.) The only difference with PPP is that it's usually the pricing of a basket of goods. GNI is not a measure of the...

Just try it when you travel there next, in 2050. Cuban women are very assertive and they don't put up with nonsense. On the bright side you'll get to see what the inside of a testicle looks like.

The government is utterly incompetent, but it generally seems to have the best interests of the people at heart (despite their absolutely awful propaganda). They're liberalizing under Raul, imho, but they still have a way to go. But then I compare it to other areas of Latin America that I've...

Sigh. PPP IS the adjustment for local pricing, and it IS factored into HDI. Plus, regarding adjustment for taxes, Cuba DOESN'T HAVE an income tax except on hard currency earners. Seriously, do you guys trade? And what do you trade? Because I want to be on the other side of you! GNI is...

You pick any quality of life measure you like then. You are badly confusing GDP per capita with income per capita, but I'll happily accept any standard quality of life measure you wish to choose. Milton Friedman was never an economic advisor to the Chilean government. He wrote Pinochet a...