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- From: gt5311b@prism.gatech.EDU (BHATTACHARYA,ABHIJIT)
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- Subject: Re: US as No. 1 (3 data books)
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 03:28:46 GMT
- References: <1993Jan24.023633.23524@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca> <C1DvK6.Dt4@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <C1F01w.HG4@newcastle.ac.uk>
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- In article <C1F01w.HG4@newcastle.ac.uk> Adrian.Waterworth@newcastle.ac.uk (Adrian Waterworth) writes:
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- [stuff deleted]
-
- > Economy? Now on that one, I really do have my doubts. Having
- >"an INCREDIBLY person-oriented service economy" does not seem to me to
- >represent a sound indication of economic strength. (To any economists
- >out there, is there a correlation or not?) As for the availability of
- >different goods and services, I find it hard to believe that the range
- >of products available in the US is so much greater than those in any
- >other developed nation. From a personal point of view, I cannot think
- >of anything significant that I might want to obtain that I couldn't
- >obtain here in the UK. So, I think that this issue may present a much
- >stickier wicket. Particularly when one considers the economic strength
- >that can be found in the far East - e.g. Japan.
-
- [... deleted]
- >
- > \----------------------------------------/
- > | Adrian.Waterworth@newcastle.ac.uk |
- > / ---------------------------------------\
-
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- From the World Almanac and Book of Facts 1993:
-
- Per capita GDP in U.S. dollars
-
- United States - 21,800
- Great Britain - 15,000
- Canada - 19,500
- Japan - 17,100
- Germany - 14,600 (the inclusion of former E. Germany reduced this somewhat)
- France - 15,500
- Ireland - 9,690
- Italy - 14,600
-
- There is no question that Great Britain and other developed countries have the
- same material goods as in the U.S. but they are MUCH more expensive. I find
- from personal experience that clothing is about twice as expensive there, food
- almost as much. Also, my friends there are surprised by the fact that my
- family has two cars, with the financial ability to buy more if needed. Things
- which are so common here like CD players are readily available but quite
- expensive.
-
- Some British people think that the typical American family is like Roseanne's,
- which I find quite amusing. Also, being of Indian descent, some also assume
- that none of us can speak English properly. It has gotten markedly better
- though in the last few years. British wit on TV is ubiquitous -- only David
- Letterman even comes close here.
-
-
- -Abhijit
-
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