@hbdchick @JayMan471 Corruption Perception Index (dunno how reliable) has them pegged at same score as Japan, USA, Austria.
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 Human Development Index also very good (6th in world) despite recent debt1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@crimkadid Clannishness is a gradient. Irish similar to West Slavs in many measures. Same with French, Italians, Spanish.@hbdchick2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@JayMan471@hbdchick In measures of corruption, crime, and per capita GDP they are clearly more like W. Euros.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@crimkadid Like I said, clannishness is a gradient. Variation *within* England even@hbdchickpic.twitter.com/6JOe3qCcDX
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@JayMan471@hbdchick If Ireland outside Hajnal Line and yet still like other successful NW euro countries, it loses all explanatory power.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@crimkadid it's not like other nw euro countries. one of the piigs, along with southern europe.@JayMan4711 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 Productivity: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Labour_productivity_levels_in_europe.svg … Average wage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_European_countries_by_average_wage … Looks much more NW than southern1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 Making it on the 2009 "PIIGS" list not really reflective of economic and technological advancement we're interested in.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@crimkadid that's not all i'm interested in. i'm interested in social behaviors related to altruism, including "clannishness."@JayMan4711 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
@hbdchick @JayMan471 On what measure of clannishness will the Irish stand apart from their Hajnal neighbors?
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@crimkadid i've already said: membership in piigs club, patronage systems, machine politics. again, not so bad as say greece.@JayMan4711 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hbdchick@JayMan471 Machine politics in 19th century in New York don't seem like a fair way of judging Irish corruption today, which is low2 replies 0 retweets 1 like - Show replies
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