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But a serious student of the Depression – which Skidelsky used to be – knows that,
compared
to the 1920s, the UK had a relatively smooth ride in the 1930s, not least because abandoning the gold standard in 1931 allowed for monetary-policy easing.
In fact, ITER is a big instrument for fundamental research, so its €500 million Euros annual cost needs to be
compared
with similar scientific initiatives, such as the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which costs one billion Swiss francs per year.
According to a study by the Insurance Information Institute, expenditures on non-life insurance in 2003 amounted to only 0.83% of GDP in Indonesia, 1.19% of GDP in Thailand, and 0.62% of GDP in India,
compared
with 5.23% of GDP in the United States.
These American examples are tame
compared
to others in recent history.
Loans for education and car purchases are now also possible, and 2% of households have credit cards, which is obviously still low
compared
to 75% in the United States, but there were no such households just five years ago.
Securities investment funds now account for roughly 30% of tradable stock market capitalization, although this represents only 0.9% of GDP,
compared
to more than 5% in India.
Currently, for example, Korea’s GES is 7.5,
compared
to 6.9 for the US.
But while South Africa has highly capable architecture, construction, and engineering sectors, its current share of foreign-built projects in Sub-Saharan Africa stands at only 7%,
compared
to 32% for China.
Compared
with most other species, human beings are so immature at birth that they require an exceptionally long period of nursing and shelter.
In Britain, 317 attacks were reported in 2009,
compared
to 112 in 2008.
In France, the number of violent attacks rose to 195 in 2009,
compared
to 50 the year before.
But that pain is negligible
compared
to the pain that would be needed to fight runaway inflation later.
Most important, from Russia’s perspective, the competition with the EU over Ukraine’s trading alignment is trivial
compared
to the imperative of keeping NATO – that is, the US military – out of the country.
He was determined to “speak as men do in the marketplace,” and more than 100,000 copies of the “Luther Bible” were printed in Wittenberg over the following decades,
compared
to just 180 copies of the Latin Gutenberg Bible.
Indeed, the container traffic between the Far East and Europe now totals 18 million TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) per year,
compared
to 20 million TEUs of annual Trans-Pacific traffic and just 4.4 million TEUs of Trans-Atlantic flows between Europe and America.
Compared
to developed countries, an unusually large number of small, unproductive firms coexist with a small number of large, productive firms.
The S&P 500 has rallied 150% since its 2009 lows, and valuations look rich given weakening growth dynamics (the Shiller price/earnings ratio stands at 26,
compared
to 15 in 2009).
Unemployment in the eurozone as a whole averages about 12%,
compared
to more than 25% in Spain and Greece (where youth unemployment now stands at 60%).
Unfortunately, Havel’s vision of democracy appears complicated when
compared
to that of Klaus.
The unspoken truth is that,
compared
to “blue-staters,” those who live in red states exhibit less responsibility, on average, in their personal behavior: they are less physically fit, less careful in their sexual behavior, more prone to inflict harm on themselves and others through smoking and drinking, and more likely to receive federal subsidies.
According to OECD data, only 55% of South Korean women aged 15-64 are in the labor force,
compared
to an average of 65% in the advanced economies.
Compared
to R&D activities, fundamental research is cheap and it is here that, although damaged, a solid Russian tradition remains that can be built upon.
Given high rates of adolescent marriage, it should come as no surprise that the net secondary-school enrollment rate for Nigerian girls in 2008-2009 was only 22%,
compared
to 29% for boys.
In Sub-Saharan Africa, daily water consumption averages 10-20 liters,
compared
to 200-250 liters in Europe and 300 liters in North America and Japan.
The basic problem is that the country’s super-generous welfare state (public spending amounts to about 57% of GDP in 2010,
compared
to 51% in the United Kingdom and 48% in Germany) stifles the growth needed for the euro to remain viable.
Compared
to single parents in other high-income countries, American single parents have the highest poverty rate and the weakest income-support system.
Europe’s chemical industry has halved its greenhouse-gas emissions
compared
to 1990, while increasing output by 20%.
By 2030, the number of IoT-connected devices is expected to reach 125 billion,
compared
to 27 billion in 2017.
China’s TFP has contributed 35-40% to GDP growth,
compared
to an estimated 20-30% in East Asia’s “four tigers” (Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan).
In Bangladesh, six million children are stunted – four in ten children below the age of five years old,
compared
to the global average of around 25%.Setting up early-childhood education centers in Bangladesh could transform lives, at a cost of around $300 per student.
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