tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post115681682258895348..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: The Size of Your Graph: It's Not Just the Length, It's the GirthUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1156927120286510202006-08-30T01:38:00.000-07:002006-08-30T01:38:00.000-07:00The De Grauwe paper may force me to revise my defi...The De Grauwe paper may force me to revise my definition of a "Mickey Mouse Country" (one with a GDP smaller than the annual turnover of the Disney corporation).Anomaly UKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664826295127502774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1156853516260879212006-08-29T05:11:00.000-07:002006-08-29T05:11:00.000-07:00There's the Afghanistan comparison as well. It see...There's the Afghanistan comparison as well. It seems like they compare GDP with sales when it's two different things. It wouldn't surprise me if the value added of McDonalds is smaller than the GDP of Afghanistan. <A HREF="http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/ew/academic/intecon/Degrauwe/PDG-papers/Recently_published_articles/How%20big%20are%20the%20big%20multinational%20companies.pdf" REL="nofollow">Here's </A> a nice paper on sales and GDP comparison.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1156831830870107862006-08-28T23:10:00.000-07:002006-08-28T23:10:00.000-07:00Please disregard the comment from the person with ...Please disregard the comment from the person with the dirty fingernails. Me and my entourage greatly appreciate your educational posts. I hate deceptiveness, especially when I'm not quite sure how or if I'm being duped. Graphs showing a relationship between things should be free of such distortions. You should be hired to police such infractions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1156830600819424272006-08-28T22:50:00.000-07:002006-08-28T22:50:00.000-07:00Running out of good blog topics, are we? Why did I...Running out of good blog topics, are we? Why did I stop cleaning my fingernails to read this?<BR/><BR/>whee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com