Re: Copper theft



Jim Thompson wrote:

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:29:45 +0200, David Brown
<david.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Additionally, these figures are based on arithmetic mean averages, and
are therefore skewed by the USA's greater spread of incomes. The
GDP(PPP) may represent the average purchasing power of citizens, but it
doesn't represent the purchasing power of the average citizen.

http://abstractnonsense.wordpress.com/2006/08/29/the-usas-economic-inequality/

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Bull-pucky. Wishing yourself affluent won't make it happen, though
you are perfectly free to wish yourself effluent ;-)

FROM WORLD BANK DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS 2005

Luxembourg* had the highest per capita Gross National Income (GNI) in the world in
2004, followed closely by Norway, Switzerland, the United States and Denmark,
according to World Bank Development Indicators from July 2005.

2004
Luxembourg 56230

Norway 52030

Switzerland 48230

United States 41400

Denmark 40650

Iceland 38620

Japan 37180

Sweden 35770

Ireland 34280

United Kingdom 33940


Graham


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