[Dean's World] Rudy Rummel: Who Are The Mortacracies? Part IV

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Posted by Rudy Rummel:
Who Are The Mortacracies? Part IV
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1146795460.shtml


   So far, I have suggested that mortacracies be defined by their
   democide ([1]Part I), and also by their LEâthe life expectancy of a
   people from birthâ([2]Part II), and their LE within the context of a
   peoples' HDIâgeneral well beingâ([3]Part III). While some free
   countries may have a very low HDI and LE that they inherited from
   their previous rapacious thug regimes, I expect that their very low LE
   will be moving upward. And those thug regimes whose people have
   moderately high LEs should show them falling as the regime's
   rapaciousness and corruption affects the people's well being.

   So, what does the difference in LEs for all countries look like for a
   reasonable length of time, such as nine years? I calculated this for
   the difference in LE between 1998 and 2006 and got for this period an
   average world increase in LEs of 1.6 years (median of 1.8 years), with
   a standard deviation of 4.4. I then converted the differences to
   standard scores, which makes comparing these changes from one country
   to another much easier. The average of the standard scores then = 0,
   with a standard deviation =1. The plot of these standardized
   differences is quite revealing, as shown below.

   (if it is unclear or does not show, click [4]here):

                          [LE.DIFF.1998_2003.GIF]

   (Continued [5]here)

References

   1. http://freedomspeace.blogspot.com/2006/05/who-are-mortacracies-part-i.html
   2. http://freedomspeace.blogspot.com/2006/05/who-are-mortacracies-part-ii.html
   3. http://freedomspeace.blogspot.com/2006/05/who-are-mortacracies-part-iii.html
   4. http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/LE.DIFF.1998_2003.GIF
   5. http://freedomspeace.blogspot.com/2006/05/who-are-mortacracies-part-iv.html