Extreme poverty in India has dropped to negligible levels

Post by lurk2 » Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 1:09 PM UTC

apwell23 wrote: post #114

ksynwa wrote: post #5

I don't understand the significant of metrics like the international poverty line. Seems like the only point of its existence is to create a sense of progress or maybe exaggerate it. They never account for basic stuff like how many calories people get to eat, let alone the quality of nutrition. Last year I read an article saying like 30% of children in India are stunted.

> Last year I read an article saying like 30% of children in India are stunted. We were solidly middle class in india that never went hungry. All our kids in USA now are atleast 3-4 inches taller than us. They are often taller than their parents in their mid teens.

Post by matkoniecz » Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 1:14 PM UTC

HPsquared wrote: post #95

juujian wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always had to think of my grandparents when discussing GDP. Aside from being very much part of the regular economy, they were also quite self sufficient. When my grandmother died, we found rows and rows of bottled jam. Some decades old according to the labels. My aunt did the taste test, and according to that at least, they were still very much edible and yummy actually. To the GDP that whole side of life is invisi…

Also: anything relating to home cooking, exercise, self-care, relationships and caring for children and other relatives. Only "paid professional" services are counted which are often much worse quality than the organic untaxed real thing.

Post by christkv » Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 1:24 PM UTC

apwell23 wrote: post #114

ksynwa wrote: post #5

I don't understand the significant of metrics like the international poverty line. Seems like the only point of its existence is to create a sense of progress or maybe exaggerate it. They never account for basic stuff like how many calories people get to eat, let alone the quality of nutrition. Last year I read an article saying like 30% of children in India are stunted.

> Last year I read an article saying like 30% of children in India are stunted. We were solidly middle class in india that never went hungry. All our kids in USA now are atleast 3-4 inches taller than us. They are often taller than their parents in their mid teens.

Post by dartharva » Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 1:31 PM UTC

lupusreal wrote: post #70

dartharva wrote: post #60

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Disgustingly racist comment.

It's specifically a problem of culture, not race. Human "races" are equal, cultures are not.

    racism
    /ˈreɪsɪz(ə)m/
    noun
    
    prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

Post by taylorius » Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 1:31 PM UTC

okr wrote: post #110

HPsquared wrote: post #95

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Also: anything relating to home cooking, exercise, self-care, relationships and caring for children and other relatives. Only "paid professional" services are counted which are often much worse quality than the organic untaxed real thing.

Interesting. So you would say, if someone has a talent for cooking, specializes himself, becomes a professional, paid by people who enjoy the food, you would be at least sceptical, when it comes to quality? I see paint jobs by people done by themselves. And compare it with paid professional servers. The pendulum always swings to professional. :)