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This is a pittance
compared
to the eurozone’s debts and deficits, and would fall far short of funding Europe’s permanent rescue facility, the European Stability Mechanism, which is supposed to be capitalized to the tune of €500 billion.
Compared
to the size of the US economy, individual banks are now much bigger than they were in the early 1990’s.
At any given time, the global livestock population amounts to more than 150 billion,
compared
to just 7.2 billion humans – meaning that livestock have a larger direct ecological footprint than we do.
If the rest of the world caught up to the United States – where meat consumption averages 125.4 kilograms per person annually,
compared
with a measly 3.2 kilograms in India – the environmental consequences would be catastrophic.
In terms of military expenditure, Europe is second only to the US, accounting for 15% of the world total,
compared
to 12% for China and 5% for Russia.
In his “burning platform” memo, Elop
compared
Nokia to a man on a burning offshore oilrig, facing a fiery death or an uncertain leap into the frigid sea.
So I
compared
the rankings from December 2006 and September 2015 to see whether the RePEc index had evolved along with economic reality.
Only four women made the RePEc top 200 in September 2015,
compared
to three in December 2006, and two were included on both lists.
Though the Smoot-Hawley tariff increases were modest
compared
to those under Fordney-McCumber, their timing turned the act into a virtual synonym for bad trade policy.
Compared
with the region’s mostly sluggish performance over the last three decades, this looks like takeoff velocity.
And,
compared
to the dismal recent record in North America and Europe, it looks positively supersonic.
Yet among liberal democrats, there was actually more sympathy for the Palestinians, with 68% saying that they sympathized more with the Palestinians,
compared
with 44% of moderate Democrats and just 33% of Republicans.
In a 2013 survey by the Pew Research Center, 73% of American Jews said that “remembering the Holocaust” was essential to what being Jewish meant to them,
compared
with 43% for whom “caring about Israel” was essential.
Life expectancy is little more than 50 years
(compared
with around 77 years in the rich countries).
Now, Selmayr – who, as Juncker’s chief of staff, has been
compared
to figures like Machiavelli and Rasputin – will have far greater influence, including over the selection of a new Commission president next year.
In the latest US mid-term elections, the turnout rate among younger citizens was less than 20%,
compared
to more than 50% for senior voters.
According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, federal funding for research and development in 2017 fell by 23.6% in real terms
compared
to 2007.
Quenching America’s Thirst for OilThe United States consumes a quarter of the world’s oil,
compared
to 8% for China.
First, demography: for the last 50 years France has had much higher fertility rates than the rest of Europe – 1.9 children per woman,
compared
to the European average of 1.6 and the German or Spanish rates of 1.3.
In Gordon’s 2015-2040 projection, annual growth in median income in the United States is only 0.4%,
compared
to average income growth of 0.8%, reflecting continuously rising inequality.
Of the foreign reserves held by the world’s governments, just 1.1% are in renminbi,
compared
with 64% for the dollar.
Excluding Croatia, 74% of Western Balkan countries’ total trade is with the EU,
compared
to only 6% with China, 5% with Russia, and 4% with Turkey.
The average tenure of a G20 political leader has fallen to a record low of 3.7 years,
compared
to six years in 1946 – a shift that, no doubt, is contributing to a rise in short-term thinking by governments.
Yet I was struck by how much more humane the facility and regime at Alcatraz were
compared
to Gitmo.
Compared
to the advanced countries, the developing world now has both low per capita incomes and low per capita levels of carbon emissions.
The renminbi’s real appreciation should be
compared
with the recent movements of the yen and won.
The cumulative stock of FDI has reached close to $10 trillion, making it the most important mechanism for delivery of goods and services to foreign markets: sales by foreign affiliates total roughly $19 trillion,
compared
to world exports of $11 trillion.
As a result, nuclear power’s share of global electricity generation dropped to around 10% in 2012,
compared
to its 1993 peak of 17%.
Last year, an additional 45 GW of wind and 32 GW of solar were installed worldwide,
compared
to a net addition of 1.2 GW of nuclear.
According to an annual Credit Suisse report, wealth inequality is now growing sharply in 35 of 46 major economies,
compared
to just 12 before 2007.
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