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TraceOneInfinite:

--- Quote from: virtuoso on January 29, 2010, 06:46:57 AM ---
Dude, the standard of living is measured by the financial health of a nation, so we look at a number of variables, the furthering of technology does not mean that standards of living are increasing if people do not have the means of comfortably acquiring said luxuries without seeing their savings vanish, or their home reposessed, or their credit cards maxed out.


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So you are saying "standard of living" is not related to technology?  And that the furthering of technology does not mean an increase in standard of living?

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"standard of living"
 
-noun
a grade or level of subsistence and comfort in everyday life enjoyed by a community, class, or individual: The well-educated generally have a high standard of living.

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So if modern invention allows me to take a warm shower with ease, rather than having to go fetch some buckets of water from a nearby stream to dump over my head that is not increasing my standard of living?

ikke:
learn how to summarize I'm not going to read all that shit.

Infinite, Just because jobs are created doesn't mean that the people who are jobless are able to fill them, that was my point I just pointed out a flaw in your argument.

EDIT: WHo even says the jobs pay better?

Elano:

--- Quote from: The Great Cornholio on January 29, 2010, 06:55:04 AM ---learn how to summarize I'm not going to read all that shit.

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GTFO

virtuoso:
I can't summarise what isn't my writing!

I said standard of living is measured by the ease by which said luxuries can be acquired, so if inflation keeps moving up and peoples income stays stagnant then the aggregate financial health of the nation is falling aka standards of living are falling.

As for using hot water lol.....I said in the past 20 years or so, particularly in the last 15 years, standards of living have fallen.
When you go to the supermarket and the same basket of goods costs you 15% more than it did a year ago, your standard of living has fallen because you have less disposable income.

GDP is a little crude, but it's somewhat reflective of standards of living, as I said, just research how GDP has slid

TraceOneInfinite:

--- Quote from: The Great Cornholio on January 29, 2010, 06:55:04 AM ---learn how to summarize I'm not going to read all that shit.

Infinite, Just because jobs are created doesn't mean that the people who are jobless are able to fill them, that was my point I just pointed out a flaw in your argument.

EDIT: WHo even says the jobs pay better?

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There will naturally be people to fill the jobs.  Wherever there is benefit to be gained, people will respond to what is in their self-interest.  And if American's aren't capable of filling the positions, then workers educated in India can do the job.

And...Yo... I didn't say the jobs pay better.  I said they may pay worse.  But still our standard of living can be higher even if we are paid less.  For example, a King in the 10th Century may have had a higher paying gig then me, but yet I have warm shower and heating and cooling everywhere I go in America, and all the information and entertainment I want from all over the world at the click of a button from my cell phone.

 

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