RE: Paul Krugman Called It
October 21, 2018 at 5:15 am
(October 20, 2018 at 7:20 pm)Wololo Wrote: (October 20, 2018 at 2:11 pm)Dmitry1983 Wrote: GDP PPP per capita almost trippled
And has since plummeted, largely due to Putin's raiding of the state's coffers and natural resources to embiggen his Swiss Cypriot bank accounts.
It hasn't that's why I wrote GDP
PPP per capita. Nominal GDP fluctuates a lot because of exchange rates and therefore is irrelevant for measuring strength of economy
Quote:And on the standard of living, why is your population collapsing?
Is it? We have stable population afaik. Low birth rate is cultural thing and can change in the future
Quote:Russia has the worst demographics in Europe
Quote:As of 2017, Russia's TFR of 1.62 children born/woman[8] was among the highest in Eastern, Southern and Central Europe.