โฒ 44 โผ Wealth per adult: Where do European countries rank globally? (www.euronews.com) submitted 2 days ago by Pip@feddit.org to c/europe@feddit.org 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org 1 point 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 child) GDP isn't an appropriate metric for measuring wealth. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago (1 child) When it comes to questions like: is a country able to pay for accommodating refugees it is a good approximation. And that is what the person that started this discussion tried to deny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) No, this is not true. This, again, has nothing to do with economics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago Ok, so what does it depend on then? In the medium to long term these Refugees probably contribute to the economy, but in the short term it costs money to support them and build accomodations etc. and a country with a high GDP is definitly more capable of paying for that than one with a low GDP. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago (1 child) When it comes to questions like: is a country able to pay for accommodating refugees it is a good approximation. And that is what the person that started this discussion tried to deny. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) No, this is not true. This, again, has nothing to do with economics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago Ok, so what does it depend on then? In the medium to long term these Refugees probably contribute to the economy, but in the short term it costs money to support them and build accomodations etc. and a country with a high GDP is definitly more capable of paying for that than one with a low GDP. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] tardigrade@scribe.disroot.org 1 point 1 day ago (1 child) No, this is not true. This, again, has nothing to do with economics. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago Ok, so what does it depend on then? In the medium to long term these Refugees probably contribute to the economy, but in the short term it costs money to support them and build accomodations etc. and a country with a high GDP is definitly more capable of paying for that than one with a low GDP. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] poVoq@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 day ago Ok, so what does it depend on then? In the medium to long term these Refugees probably contribute to the economy, but in the short term it costs money to support them and build accomodations etc. and a country with a high GDP is definitly more capable of paying for that than one with a low GDP. permalink fedilink source parent