Raghu, I apologize for any unkindness. As for being unfair, perhaps we were always looking at this from different perspectives and seeing different things.
Gene > On Mar 21, 2016, at 7:56 AM, raghu <mragh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Eugene Coyle <e.co...@me.com> wrote: > Yes, but is the problem different for Per Capita GDP? What is it the reader > is supposed to do with these numbers?? Talk about how rich or how poor a > particular geographical location is? > > > Gene, > You are being extremely unfair and unkind here. I have patiently pointed out > that yes, "Per Capita GDP" is indeed different in the sense that one can > define it precisely unlike "median GDP". Nathan Tankus said it very well > earlier in the thread in case my own explanation was unclear. > > I have also explicitly and painstakenly pointed out that my query here is a > narrow technical one. I think I made it very clear that I was not, repeat > NOT, arguing that "per capital GDP" was a useful or meaningful number. > > I see you now arguing that narrow technical discussions have no place on > PEN-L. Either that or you are asking me to defend a claim that I never made. > -raghu. > > > > > > > On Mar 20, 2016, at 10:16 AM, raghu <mragh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 12:08 AM, nathan tankus wrote: > > "I am afraid I am still confused. My question is a purely technical one: > > how do you define median GDP?" > > > > the point I think Raghu is making is you can assign personal income and > > benefits to individuals but you can't assign plant and equipment, parks and > > roads, exports and imports to individuals for the purposes of a median > > measure. median personal income and median personal disposable income are > > workable concepts. > > > > > > Precisely! > > -raghu. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pen-l mailing list > > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list pen-l@lists.csuchico.edu https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
