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(1) While we are at it, let’s stop externalizing costs to some other territories. And to really make things equal, we are going to price all other things equally at a global level …

Agreed. Looking for typical costs like median or average (not atypical extremes).

Looking to compare degreed programs only unfortunately.

What kind of taxes do Germans pay? It gets difficult to compare a German higher education to other nations when the costs are embedded in taxes instead of tuition. That’s part of t…

I’m having trouble finding good compiled information covering more than a sprinkling of the Americas and Europe, so I figured I’d ask HN. How affordable is it in your country as a …

I agree that is not a good reason to ban everyone that is simply mistaken. But I have seen users flag one another for absolutely no reason other than they dislike their views being…

That really doesn’t get to the heart of the issue, I’m afraid. It seems to offer a form of cover and protection for views that are known the be problematic and continue to spread. …

I agree, but generally the assumptions being made by authors and known issues with the data are unstated rather than stated. Further, when highlighting such issues, the reactions c…

China was chosen as the example “agent” in this case because they are a nation that is emblematic of manipulation (in currency, IP theft, free markets, etc.). China was also chosen…

Late to comment here, but wanted to throw in something I haven’t seen in the article or scanning the comments. I appreciate the virtue of trying to carve out a space in the interne…

My experience is from bureau members and long time members I’m able to identify as professionals. I’m well aware of the population of undergrad and econ101 members that are fairly …

And still, we need to have accurate pricing data (reflecting quality and content) if we want to make accurate macroeconomic decisions in a modern age where the historical understan…

Ok, but what is your better suggestion to solve the problem of quality or content creep that affects consumers and economic data? Perhaps there is a good way to have consumers be i…

I always look for price/weight or price/volume or price/count stickers but many retailers and items only list the price making you do the math. Even then, I’m aware that many items…

Pretty sure you are being sarcastic or you are not all that experienced. Talk at length with most economic professionals on /r/economics and you will find the repeatedly stated and…

>The uncertainty principle If it happens on a sufficiently large scale, the practice of tweaking quality in lieu of price could play havoc with essential economic data. Statistical…

It’s what seems to make sense. Lower relative interest rates creating the overabundant demand doesn’t seem to carry as much explanatory power when you consider that interest rates …

Because a mix of globalization, technological financialization, and perverse incentives. The markets have become increasingly global to the point that there is never a shortage of …

Physical constraints are more restrictive than information constraints. Physical constraints keep physical engineering from fragmenting into thousands of different but similar fram…