Comments on: John Quiggin Astonishes! http://timworstall.com/2007/11/10/john-quiggin-astonishes/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Wed, 23 May 2012 12:06:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Quiggin http://timworstall.com/2007/11/10/john-quiggin-astonishes/comment-page-1/#comment-2121 John Quiggin Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:43:18 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2007/11/10/john-quiggin-astonishes/#comment-2121 But, as I point out, on the measure that should be preferred by advocates of the market, the free-market US, currently performs worse than most of its peers. Tim adds: Well, no, not really John, for what we're all of course interested in is the living standard of the average man and woman....which is as you rightly point out, best represented by PPP. But a good comeback from a (to my mind, deserved) snark, I will give you that. But, as I point out, on the measure that should be preferred by advocates of the market, the free-market US, currently performs worse than most of its peers.

Tim adds: Well, no, not really John, for what we’re all of course interested in is the living standard of the average man and woman….which is as you rightly point out, best represented by PPP.

But a good comeback from a (to my mind, deserved) snark, I will give you that.

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