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Topic	Why isnt the US considered a third world country at this point?
furb 11/11/21 11:06:29 PM #11:	TLDR World references are not analogous to development and are antiquated terms Third world is an antiquated term anyway. Its meaning is more specifically referring to countries that were not aligned with the Western hegemony or the Eastetn Bloc in the Cold War. In field the terms are least developed, developing, developed, and most developed. You can reference the HDI index for scores in development. US is high on it. The issue with the US is the GINI coefficient which is broadly a measure of wealth disparities. --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane <cite>furb posted [p:959920256] in Why isnt t... [t:79755255]...</cite> <quote>TLDR World references are not analogous to development and are antiquated terms Third world is an antiquated term anyway. Its meaning is more specifically referring to countries that were not aligned with the Western hegemony or the Eastetn Bloc in the Cold War. In field the terms are least developed, developing, developed, and most developed. You can reference the HDI index for scores in development. US is high on it. The issue with the US is the GINI coefficient which is broadly a measure of wealth disparities. --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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