Re: HDI, GNP and the PPP factor

[sartesian <sartesian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Speaking of "scientific racism,"  ever read Chase's <Legacy of Malthus>?

Best work on it, I think.
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From: "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Economics is all about measuring in measurable.  I was reading this week
about
> "scientific racism" in Victorian England, where people tried to develop
mathematical
> measures of how close various peoples came to being Africans.  These
measures showed
> the Irish were almost Black.  Such matters were taken very seriously and
the time.
> If we were gone to try to make some sort of quantitative measure of a
human
> development index, I think I will try to get a handle on how people at the
bottom
> fared rather than looking at averages.
>
>
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
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> California State University
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