Russia is a good example of the problem. Their excess deaths are running at nearly three times the deaths attributed to COVID-19, which implies that either Russia is undercounting COVID-19 deaths or … (View Post)

I know, but the point I'm making is that the raw population density is still misleading. Those differences are meaningful, but they are still dwarfed by the error you get from looking at populat… (View Post)

Population density is an incredibly misleading stat. You are much better looking at the percentage of the population living in an urban area, which quite often comes out around 80% in advanced econom… (View Post)

Sure there are still differences between countries, but using population density for comparison is almost always misleading. Most people in low population density advanced economies do not live out i… (View Post)

What the hell are the idiots who dreamt that up thinking? Even if you think it makes some economic sense, and I'm skeptical it does, on a political basis it is bonkers. All the talk the last wee… (View Post)