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photo dihard: After a discussion over whiskey last night about the need for a better measure of value than GDP, I was pleased to come upon the Human Development Index - a global index based on health, education and wealth - in the Economist. The Economist combined the global UN Development Program’s HDI by country with the American Human Development Project’s HDI by state to see where America’s states would rank if they were countries. That’s above. You can check out your city’s HDI by zipcode at the American Human Development Project. Mine is below.

dihard:

After a discussion over whiskey last night about the need for a better measure of value than GDP, I was pleased to come upon the Human Development Index - a global index based on health, education and wealth - in the Economist.

The Economist combined the global UN Development Program’s HDI by country with the American Human Development Project’s HDI by state to see where America’s states would rank if they were countries. That’s above.

You can check out your city’s HDI by zipcode at the American Human Development Project. Mine is below.


1 year ago

November 18, 2010
demographic life age people country state The Economist
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June 22, 2010
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