--As of August 22, 2011 2:15:24 PM -0500, Gary Gatten is alleged to have
said:
Interesting analogy. Osama - er, I mean Obama could really use people
like you to explain things better to him, 'cause obviously he has NO idea
what his various and numerous Czars and advisors are saying. Or maybe
they're all barely functional and don't know any better....
--As for the rest, it is mine.
What analogy? I was answering a question posed as an aside, in a typically
geeky 'ha ha, only serious' way.
The distinction between what is considered a 'First World Country' and a
'Third World County' is hard to define, but easy to feel if you've traveled
through a bunch of both. It's some combination of average wealth,
stability of the economy, the wealth distribution, and possibly a few other
factors. Sodas are actually a decent proxy for them: They are a cheap,
low-end, consumable, _luxury_ item. An economy that can support a large
number of different manufacturers with a large variety is going to have a
certain average wealth, fairly evenly distributed, and have been stable in
that situation for a while. So it's an indicator. A bit of an odd one,
but it's easy to check, and does a surprisingly good job. ;)
It's no major insight, and wouldn't really help make any policy decisions,
but it's something I'll check given the chance in a new country: What the
selection is, and what the price is. It will tell you a surprising amount
about the country.
Daniel T. Staal
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