Talk:Standard of living
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Standard of living is very hard to understand
A basic model for measuring "material" standard of living would include Mean Income/GDP Per Capita, material goods available/consumed, economic growth and unemployment.
However, "measured" material well-being tells only part of the story. In many circumstances, "personal" and Quality of Life attributes and recourses make one nation or society an appealing place to live, raise a family, visit or trade with.
Clinton is worse than Bush
Why is there a link to GDP? Consider the fact that canada had less GDP than mexico recently. Clearly this is a terrible model of standard of living
[edit] gross domestic product
[edit] Can anybody tell me about the topic: "standard of living has improve but not the quality of life"? Or, like me does no one actually give a shit.
In a rich life happiness is not guaranteed. In other words happiness is a state of mind, and money doesn't make you happy it just pays the bills and brings in the groceries. You may have a career but you may not like working that job. smart group Cuttin' loose and dancing to the beat of my own drum
Use the CIA World Factbook (External Links). It is really good!
