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France now has a 2%-of-GDP current-account deficit,
compared
to Germany’s 8%-of-GDP surplus.
Compared
to the 500 nuclear explosions witnessed each and every decade during the pre-CTBT period, the last ten years witnessed only two tests, both carried out by North Korea.
For starters, world trade is growing at an anemic annual rate of 2%,
compared
to 8% from 2003 to 2007.
Indeed, according to the International Monetary Fund, through 2014, private investment declined by an average of 25%
compared
to pre-crisis trends.
And they are able to act quickly with relatively few people, and with modest resources
compared
to the vast, expensive bureaucracies of democratic governments.
This should occur, first and foremost, through pension and insurance funds, which in China amount to less than 3% the size of the banking system,
compared
to more than 60% in the advanced economies.
As it stands, China has only 2,500 domestically listed companies,
compared
to more than 5,000 in the United States and 8,000 in India.
Moreover,
compared
to natural gas and crude oil, coal is much cheaper per ton of CO2 released.
When inventory accumulation is excluded, first-quarter growth of “final sales” was just 0.8% in annual terms – and 0.2%
compared
to the fourth quarter of 2009.
By examining how other East Asian economies performed when they were at a similar point
compared
to the US, we can estimate China’s potential for growth.
By 2020, the share of those aged 18-22 who are pursuing a college education will reach 40%,
compared
to 32% today.
This adds another layer of complexity,
compared
to the United States or Japan, to the economic challenges that the European Union faces.
Most likely, they will end up getting off too easy, especially
compared
to the real victims of this historic tragedy – the most vulnerable segments of the Greek population, who will become much worse off, today and for many years to come, as jobs disappear, savings evaporate, and livelihoods are destroyed.
The S&P’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for the trailing 12 months is close to 20,
compared
to a long-run mean of 15.53 and a median of 14.57.
Meanwhile, the EU will run up against serious demographic constraints: in 2025, Europe will represent just 6.5% of the world’s population,
compared
to Asia’s 61%, and its average age will be 45,
compared
to 28 in India, 37 in China, and 38 in the US.
And the government debt-to-GDP ratio is around 190%,
compared
to 120% in Greece.
Only half of working-age women worldwide are in the paid labor force,
compared
to more than three quarters of men.
Donald Trump has been
compared
to a fascist, as has Vladimir Putin and a variety of demagogues and right-wing loudmouths in Europe.
The same is roughly true when Trump is
compared
to Hitler or Mussolini.
Today’s populist leaders should not yet be
compared
to murderous dictators of the fairly recent past.
As a result, in 2010, Japan recycled 72% of PET bottles,
compared
to roughly 30% in the US and 48% in Europe.
But,
compared
to the more fundamental factors discussed above, I believe that this is probably a secondary motive for the attack on the Cheonan.
Average public expenditure amounts to 47% of GDP in the EU,
compared
to an average of 37-38% of GDP in other developed economies.
In advanced countries, almost 90% of the population aged 15-64 has attained at least some secondary education,
compared
to only 63% in developing countries.
Europe today is both larger and different
compared
to the Europe of 1999, when Turkey was invited to begin the accession process.
This year, GDP growth in the world’s advanced economies is expected to average 2%,
compared
to 3.2% worldwide.
Although equitable shareholding was not China’s preferred route, it did not force the matter.By contrast, China is the AIIB’s largest shareholder by a wide margin, holding a 26.6% stake,
compared
to India’s 7.7% and Russia’s 6%.
By contrast, China is the AIIB’s largest shareholder by a wide margin, holding a 26.6% stake,
compared
to India’s 7.7% and Russia’s 6%.
With the commercial lending rate at a high of 18%, bank credit to the franc zone’s private sector has dropped to 12.7% of GDP,
compared
to 36.5% in Sub-Saharan Africa and 78.9% in South Africa, the region’s leading economy.
Even when
compared
to Singapore – traditionally dismissed by Hong Kong residents as an excessively taxed authoritarian city-state,
compared
to their own low-tax laissez-faire economy – Hong Kong comes up short.
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