[p2p-research] Economic statistics

Fri Jul 16 22:34:23 CEST 2010

Kiplinger's does a best places to retire that does that.  I think New
Hampshire almost always wins.  Since Massachusetts has healthcare
legislation now, I'm sure they do well.  Low taxes make all the difference.
If you have tax free income, of course you want high taxes.

Economically, the place to live right now is Fargo, ND.  It has tons of
jobs, lots of services, and a huge oil & gas driven state surplus.  With
global warming, it'll be like Oklahoma in 15 years prob'ly.

On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Reid Cornwell <wrc at tcfir.org> wrote:

>  Ryan,
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> No! I am actually trying to objectify how a U.S, pensioner (fixed income)
> would compare in local economies. You actually started this line of thought
> when you set certain values that could put a person in the top quintile.
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> I have actually traveled enough to know about the benefit of disguising
> being an American.
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> BTW, I’m good at asking dumb questions.
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> Reid
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> *From:* p2presearch-bounces at listcultures.org [mailto:
> p2presearch-bounces at listcultures.org] *On Behalf Of *Ryan Lanham
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 12:55 PM
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> *To:* p2p research network
> *Subject:* Re: [p2p-research] Economic statistics
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> If what you are saying is that you are looking for a cheap place to live
> that has other benefits, I here a lot of people choosing Panama right now
> who are American.  Americans face a lot of bias globally in politics.  I
> find even wearing a Canada jacket I get treated very
> differently...especially in Europe.  Worthwhile trick for the American
> traveller.  For similar reasons, I know many Americans who keep an Argentine
> football shirt to where when travelling through South America or Central
> America.  I would imagine something similar would apply to owning a New
> Zealand shirt in Asia.
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> R.
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> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Reid Cornwell <wrc at tcfir.org> wrote:
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> Ryan,
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> Thank
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> s for your reply. The links your provided are terrific!
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> As to my purpose: I am trying to determine a way to look at a fixed income
> against a local economy in order to work, study, write, and be productive
> without having to work for wages (be employed). Does that help? If not I’ll
> try to restate.
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> Reid
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> *From:* p2presearch-bounces at listcultures.org [mailto:
> p2presearch-bounces at listcultures.org] *On Behalf Of *Ryan Lanham
> *Sent:* Friday, July 16, 2010 11:58 AM
> *To:* p2p research network
> *Subject:* Re: [p2p-research] Economic statistics
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> Certainly no one in the US will fault you for using the CIA database which
> is exceedingly well done and carefully maintained.  Some places and
> organizations obviously blanche at the idea of the CIA.  The data and
> estimates are astonishingly good...for the Cayman Islands their numbers are
> often better than ours...how, I have no idea.
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> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/rankorderguide.html
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> R.
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> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Both of these are problematic in a number of ways.
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> Average income can be GDP/person or average wages.  I suspect you mean
> average wages.  That is harder to come by for smaller nations.  Also, the
> standard deviation is hugely important.  India, for instance, has high wages
> for 100 million of its billion people.  But 800 million live on less than 10
> dollars a day...many on less than 2 dollars a day.  Therefore you want to
> understand GINI indicies.
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> Cost of living is normally computed by a basket and the UN has several
> databases where they are present.  As a data point, it too suffers from high
> variance.  London is one of the most expensive cities on earth.  But England
> is not very expensive.  So too of New York City and rural Oklahoma.
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> Even GINI can vary greatly. London has the highest GINI index on earth but
> the UK's GINI isn't all that high.  This is true in Asia nations
> especially...Africa strangely enough now has the most expensive cities on
> earth for executive ratings.  Of course most Africans live on less than 2
> dollars per day.
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> I'd feel more comfortable giving pointers to data sets (Nationstates is
> very good) if I knew how you intend to use it.  Averages don't mean that
> much, I'm afraid.  I'd encourage you to consider standard deviations and
> quintiles...which are much more useful.
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> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Reid Cornwell <wrc at tcfir.org> wrote:
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>   Does anyone know a ready resource for:
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> 1.       Average annual incomes by country.
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> 2.       Cost of living by country.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Reid
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