Message from @MrJack
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what else you propose to measure economic performance
I specifically stated the introduction to euro made consumer goods less affordable, therefore rendering the population poorer -- whatever GDP growth rates are present, the purchasing power is much more relevant
of course im well aware of pecularities of gdp and that high gdp doesnt necessarily mean people are well off but I dont see much of it applying here and anyway, these are details, in rought terms gdp *always* applies and theres no going over it
>whatever GDP growth rates are present, the purchasing power is much more relevant
but there exist a thing called GDP PPP to measure that
GDP PPP of Russia and Poland matched before 2014, sometimes Russia even surpassed Poland, yet I don't really need to point out which country was doing better
im well aware of this fact and I know why thats the case the explanation is rather straightforward
yet that explanation will be irrelevant in relation to you not being comfortable with my statement about poverty and introduction to euro in Baltic states
simple as
not being aggressive or something
but again in case of poland and russia still gdp applies and there is nothing wrong with it, it's people misleadingly interpreting it
I mean yeah you totally can have poverty and high gdp growth
wait what did I say in thebeginning
ahh
the point was about dynamics of both, my initial statement referred to poverty increasing while GDP continues to grow
what I mean is not really the case of Estonia is that in general higher GDP = richer country(not people!)
yeah i just misunderstood you I think
nvm
the >country (not people) reference was the reason I clarified my statement later
>the point was about dynamics of both, my initial statement referred to poverty increasing while GDP continues to grow
yeah thats possible
and since then, we were arguing about the warm and the soft
that happens in the UK, the US
Sti cant breathe
i.e. about essentially different stuff
Wassup ppl
not sure whether people say something like that outside a certain country
but i wouldnt blame euro for that anyway
there are obviously numerous different reasons, sometimes non-straightforward as fuck
its related to your own economic structure not to euroe itself euro causes different problems
the euro introduction effect that things get more expensive I think its purely psychological and not really there at all might look for a source if you need that I think that was proven on slovakia
I like slovakia 😃
the introduction of euro is something that can work out for a country, or not -- and the case of Baltic states and quite honestly, Finland, is the latter
Wasnt finland always kinda piss poor? Half of my extended family migrated to sweden before euro time
no, it's not psychological, the prices in kroon, lats and litas after the introduction did rise up to 25%
@MrJack that before euro time could easily be the crisis in 1989-199x
Oh yea make sense
which hit Finland so hard it haven't recovered to present day
the problems euro can cause is that of course you have no independent fiscal policy so you can't depreciate your currency when crisis comes but thats a different thing when did estonie introduce euro?
these problems have no relation to the introduction of euro in 2011, 2013, and 2015
in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania respectively
yeah and I say theres no problem in baltics because of euro