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- From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
- Subject: Re: Politics of car buying(Buying a Japanese car)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.192458.29980@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <1993Jan20.221143.9065@oakhill.sps.mot.com> <CARL.93Jan26153758@atlantis.Cayman.COM> <1993Jan27.132913.7601@bnr.ca>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 19:24:58 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.132913.7601@bnr.ca> dclayton@bnr.ca (Don Clayton) writes:
- >In article <CARL.93Jan26153758@atlantis.Cayman.COM>, carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl) writes:
- >|>
- >|> >Everyone seems to be missing a few really basic points in this
- >|> >discussion of our trade imbalance. First: population and
- >|> >productivity. Japan has a comparatively small population and high
- >|> >productivity. USA has a high population and lower productivity. So
- >|>
- >|> First, Japan has approximatly 50% the population of the US. I would
- >|> NOT consider that small!!!
- >
- >Actually, I believe the population of Japan is about 80 million, while the
- >population of the U.S. is about 260 million (re: 30%).
- >
- all right...someone look it up...we have quotes of 80-238 million....
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