Sunday, July 19, 2020

19/7/20: American Exceptionalism on Kool-Aid


American exceptionalism literally transcends education bounds. Here's one instalment: https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1284836775983185921?s=20 - a well-meaning one.

In attempting to allocate fault for the disaster of the U.S. public policy response to COVID19 pandemic (see latest on that here: https://trueeconomics.blogspot.com/2020/07/19720-covid19-update-usa-vs-eu27.html), we are now desperately ignoring the fact that not only the White House Administration of today is unfit for purpose, but the U.S. public health and education systems are also far from being exemplary.

So here is a summary of thee health outcomes for the U.S. of A. compared to other advanced (and some middle-income) economies, with an added reference to education quality metrics:


No, no 'Hell, yeah!' America. So back to Kool-aid.

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