Comments on: China, India, and the Road Death-GDP Correlation http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/06/09/china-india-and-the-road-death-gdp-correlation/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 23 May 2012 15:12:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jason http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/06/09/china-india-and-the-road-death-gdp-correlation/#comment-14483 Jason Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:43:17 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1560#comment-14483 It's a traffic Kuznets curve! Kuznets invented his curve to plot equality against development. (As a country develops, he theorises, inequality increases and subsequently decreases). There's also an environmental Kuznets curve that explains why you have blue skies over Liberia and Vancouver but not over Beijing. No doubt many variables (can be made to) fit the curve... It’s a traffic Kuznets curve!

Kuznets invented his curve to plot equality against development. (As a country develops, he theorises, inequality increases and subsequently decreases).

There’s also an environmental Kuznets curve that explains why you have blue skies over Liberia and Vancouver but not over Beijing.

No doubt many variables (can be made to) fit the curve…

]]> By: Jim http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/06/09/china-india-and-the-road-death-gdp-correlation/#comment-14121 Jim Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:48:11 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1560#comment-14121 You mean GDP per capita, right? Dividing a total GDP of $6600 up between a billion Chinese would be fairly tricky :) You mean GDP per capita, right? Dividing a total GDP of $6600 up between a billion Chinese would be fairly tricky :)

]]> By: Thomas http://www.howwedrive.com/2010/06/09/china-india-and-the-road-death-gdp-correlation/#comment-14100 Thomas Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:30:25 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=1560#comment-14100 You keep saying GDP, but I think that you mean Per-Capita Income. Gross Domestic Product is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a given year. China's is in the trillions of dollars. Per-Capita Income is GNP divided by population. You keep saying GDP, but I think that you mean Per-Capita Income.

Gross Domestic Product is the total value of all goods and services produced by a country in a given year. China’s is in the trillions of dollars.

Per-Capita Income is GNP divided by population.

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