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This year’s Nobel Prizes highlighted once more that the research climate in the United States continues to be more conducive to scientific excellence
compared
to what Europe has to offer.
The peripheral eurozone countries account for only about 10% of German imports,
compared
to almost 40% for the other surplus countries in northern Europe.
To be sure, governance that is effective, legitimate, and responsive provides untold benefits, especially when
compared
to the alternative: inefficient governance, cronyism, and corruption.
Compared
to the European Union, however, the Chinese government’s effort to correct its errors – by eventually allowing interest rates and stock values to slide – seems like a paragon of speed and efficiency.
In Europe, banks supply roughly 70% of the credit to European economies,
compared
to 30% in the US.
The NASDAQ index confirms this disturbing trend: only 15 European companies are listed,
compared
to 498 for the US, 43 for China, and 23 for Israel.
Second, digital finance reduces costs: MGI estimates that it would cost financial-service providers 80-90% less – about $10 per year,
compared
to the $100 per year it costs today – to offer customers digital accounts than accounts through traditional bank branches.
In emerging economies, one in five people are unregistered,
compared
to only one in ten in advanced economies.
Compared
to these economic vulnerabilities, however, the fate of political reform in China will be much more important to the country’s long-term prosperity.
A study by a class of WU graduate students “benchmarked the data collection practices of our top online services (such as Google, Facebook or Apple) and
compared
them to their new privacy-friendly competitors.”
Back in 2011, I noted that finance and insurance in the United States accounted for 2.8% of GDP in 1950
compared
to 8.4% of GDP three years after the worst financial crisis in almost 80 years.
The insurgent M5S finished first in the March 4 parliamentary vote with an astounding 33% of the vote,
compared
to 19% for the Democrats and 17% for the League.
If this effort produced just a 10% reduction in the average losses from illicit financial flows,
compared
to 2002-2012, it would save countries $768 billion – money that could be used to finance development projects.
To illustrate the tradeoff (in admittedly simplistic terms), a 14% capital-adequacy ratio for banks may be
compared
to the objective of stabilizing carbon-dioxide levels in the atmosphere at 450 parts per million, with both targets reflecting caution and a desire for robustness, at an immediate economic cost.
Meanwhile, a food shortage has left 24 million North Koreans suffering from starvation, and more than 25 of every 1,000 infants die each year,
compared
to four in South Korea.
The high-level panel suggested 59,
compared
to 18 under the MDGs, and the Open Working Group nearly tripled the total number again, to 169 targets.
Industry’s share of value added is stuck at 25%, and the share of micro and small enterprises in manufacturing employment in India is 84%,
compared
to 25% in China.
In fact, just 4% of infants died when treated with the improvised bubble CPAP device,
compared
with 15% of those receiving low-flow oxygen therapy.
Whatever short-term “win” Trump might be able to secure by pandering to Russia, it means little
compared
to America’s long-term interest in the life, liberty, and equality of all human beings, as well as in the safeguarding of self-government.
In Poland, Greece, and Portugal – where the regional disparities averaged roughly four percentage points in 2009,
compared
to the EU average of 11.8 – a higher degree of thematic concentration would deliver the strongest results.
And, because sex scandals are always interesting to read about – certainly
compared
to yet another undeclared war, or a bailout that created jobs costing an estimated $850,000 each – they will always be useful diversions.
Compared
to producers in the US and Europe, those in China are weakly organized and passive.
Compared
to many developing countries, China’s government is stable and embraces foreign investment.
These reserves now amount to 15% of global GDP,
compared
to 6% ten years ago.
The Nobel laureate economist Robert Mundell once
compared
a monetary regime to a political constitution, because it establishes the rules of the game.
Both US Vice President Al Gore and European Commissioner Martin Bangemann have
compared
the Information Society to the Industrial Revolution.
Moreover,
compared
with the contributions of universities and industry to the end product, the importance of tissue contributed by patients is minimal.
Compared
to the numbers who fall ill with diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, however, leprosy almost pales into insignificance.
Moreover, remittances by Colombians working abroad grew 8% in 2008, a surprising result when
compared
to countries such as Mexico and Ecuador, where remittances have fallen.
Indeed, although the war with Georgia demonstrated the revived combat spirit of the Russian army – at least when
compared
to its ineptness in the two Chechen wars of the 1990’s – it also exhibited the grave defects of Russian military technology.
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