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What's the counterargument to PPP/
It's still an aggregate number, and doesn't take into account things like wealth inequality, social mobility etc... which we seem to care about more. It also doesn't differentiate between goods broadly - just in relation to currency indexes.
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> Only thing I paid? The taxi ride home. For anything else there was my insurance card. Oh, so you don't pay for your insurance card? Nice deal! Because I also have public health insurance in Germany, and last time I checked, it cost 14% of my gross salary.
Which is why I mentioned that in my very first sentence. Of course insurance is not free, don't pretend anyone seriously thinks that. For employees, half of the fee is payed by their employer.
We live in a world of marvels. Often we talk of the future and it's wonders waiting to be discovered, but the here and now has become equally astonishing. The breadth, depth and scale of human ingenuity and endeavour is jaw-dropping and here Simone and her story is another example. Maybe I'm being trite by looking for the good in the bad but pause for a moment and think of all that has been learned, how we have built…
Having gone through all of this recently with my little brother, I can definitely relate. Her account of the pre and post surgery are spot on, as well as the worries around this operation (will he survive? will his personality change? will the operation be a success? what will be the consequences?). And I'm glad she had insurance, even more so considering she lives in the US. In our case he had it too, but where we l…
Huh, why does the doctor care who pays the bill?