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The United States of America, we are told by everyone from the president to the United Nations, is a developed economy. That term, "developed economy", sounds like an endpoint (27 Maternal deaths per 1,000 live births conomy really is | News | The Guardian 4/12/20, 1:00 PM like the man standing upright after a series of hunched and hairy iterations. It's the contrast DEVELOPING' . DEVELOPED' that makes the definition - developed economies can only really exist if they are compared to ECONOMIES their poorer "developing" counterparts. Covid-19 has merely shown the cracks in a very 3 10- %% of seats held by women in the lower successful marketing campaign about which category the US falls into. house of government DEVELOPING O DEVELOPED" Hospital beds per 1000 people ECONOMIES ECONOMIES "developed" economies are highlighted) 5 a) What probability Interpretation are these claims-here and below- 2- most likely United States 20- based on: belief United States type or Source UNICEF. 2020 frequency type? Briefly explain Illustration: Illustration by Mona Chalabi why. Source: Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2020 90- Life expectancy (years) O DEVELOPED' Illustration: Illustration by Mona Chalabi DEVELOPING ECONOMIES ECONOMIES In the United States, 83% of students graduate high school. That figure is higher in Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Barbados, Armenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Montenegro. None of 80- those countries are considered "developed economies" by the United Nations. Borat, anyone? Illustration: Mona Chalabi united States So why does the United Nations consider the US as a developed economy when its own There are 2.9 hospital beds for every 1,000 people in the United States. That's fewer than Turkmenistan (7.4 beds per 1,000), Mongolia (7.0), Argentina (5.0) and Libya (3.7). In fact, the statistics so clearly suggest otherwise? One might argue that it's about simple wealth, or gross US ranks 69th out of 182 countries analyzed by the World Health Organization. This lack of 70- domestic product (GDP), the broadest measure of the economy, per capita. hospital beds is forcing doctors across the country to ration care under Covid-19, pushing up the number of preventable deaths. But if that were the measure of development then European countries such as Romania, Hungary and Slovakia should not qualify for the term "developed economy" while Bermuda, America's numbers are similarly unimpressive when it comes to medical doctors. The United Qatar, Singapore and China should all make the list. Besides, GDP per capita is no reliable States has 2.6 doctors per 1,000 people, placing it behind Trinidad & Tobago (2.7), and Russia 60- measure of wellbeing in a country like the US where the richest 5% of people own two-thirds of (4.0 doctors per 1,000, for a country that is described as being "in transition"). Life the national wealth. expectancies at birth are lower in the US than they are in Chile or China. The US has a higher maternal mortality rate than Iran or Saudi Arabia. The facts are as exhaustive as they are exhausting. There's one simple conclusion from all of 50- Source World Health Organization. 2016 Guardian 4/12/20, 1:00 PM this. We've been tricked. We've been told that America, like most other majority-white Illustration: Illustration by Mona Chalabi countries, deserves the title "developed economy". It does not. You cannot charge a woman $39.95 to hold the baby that she has just given birth to. You cannot constantly operate hospitals Hospital beds per 1000 people It's not just health. Access to the internet is better in Bahrain and Brunei (two countries the UN at close to capacity in order to maximize profits. The pursuit of private money in systems built PEXFLORING O DEVELOPED does not consider developed economies) than it is in the US. Inequality scores are higher in for public good has not worked ethically or practically. America than they are in Mali and Yemen, A closer country to America in inequality is Israel, a Why does it matter whether a country is defined as developing or not? Because it means that o policymakers here can distract voters into thinking that crises are constantly diplomatic, 2 | News | The Guardian 4/12/20, 1:00 PM military or trade based when actually the problems that America needs to fix most urgently are 4 country which functions as an apartheid state. 4/12/20, 1:00 PM Income inequality right here - they're the crises of health and education. Had those problems been better United States GINI Index (0 . perfect equality. 100 . perfect inequality) addressed, the nation would not be struggling as desperately as it is right now. b) Using the above type . DEVELOPING O DEVELOPED of interpretation, now ECONOMIES ECONOMIES America faces an epic choice... there is a comparison ... in the coming year, and the results will define the country for a generation. These are made between perilous times. Over the last three years, much of what the Guardian holds dear has been Source World Health Organization. 2020 threatened - democracy, civility, truth. This US administration is establishing new norms of Illustration: Illustration by Mona Chalabi populations/ aggregations (marking 50- 6 behaviour. Anger and cruelty disfigure public discourse and lying is commonplace. Truth is being chased away. But with your help we can continue to put it center stage. Medical doctors per 1000 people developed and United States developing countries) ECONOMIES ECONOMIES Do you suspect there is Rampant disinformation, partisan news sources and social media's tsunami of fake news is no 40- basis on which to inform the American public in 2020. The need for a robust, independent sampling involved in the diagrams here and press has never been greater, and with your support we can continue to provide fact-based reporting that offers public scrutiny and oversight. Our journalism is free and open for all, but below (in which case there could be error), or it's made possible thanks to the support we receive from readers like you across America in all 50 states do these look like raw numbers representing Our journalism relies on our readers' generosity - your financial support has meant we can actual counts of beds/ Source World Bank. 2020 keep investigating, disentangleng and interrogating. It has protected our independence, which United States doctors/maternal deaths/etc.? Briefly Illustration: Illustration by Mona Chalabi has never been so critical. We are so grateful. explain your reasoning. And the US ranks 81st in the world in terms of women's political representation. So, you've got We hope you will consider supporting us today. We need your support to keep delivering a better chance of making it into office as a woman if you live in Vietnam, or Albania. Sub- quality journalism that's open and independent. Every reader contribution, however big or Saharan Africa is most comparable to America - 24% of seats in the region's parliaments are small, is so valuable. Support the Guardian from as little as $1 - it only takes a minute. Thank you. Source World Health Organization 2020 held by women, the same figure as in the US. lustration: Illustration by Mona Chalabi Support The Guardian