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...Tantric Buddhism who founded his own Yun Lin Temple in Berkeley, California. "The proper flow of qi, and designs that bring heaven and earth closer, can affect the nation's entire well-being and economy." (Airports are especially critical for Thailand, given that tourism accounts for 12% of its GDP...
...problems extracting value for money from their hospitals, but at least patients don't need to wait six months for a nonemergency medical procedure.) Both countries have a spending problem: French national debt has quintupled since 1980, while Britain is running a budget deficit equivalent to 3.5% of its GDP, according to Peter Spencer, an economics professor at the University of York. While consumer spending has helped fuel Britain's powerful growth, Spencer says, "the bottom line is that we are all living beyond our means...
...long you have been alive but on how much longer you are expected to live. By his calculations, counting back from the expected end of life rather than forward from birth would lead to reasonably delayed benefits that would boost the labor force 10% by 2050 and GDP as much as 10% a year. If those who retire volunteer at something, it bumps GDP an additional...
Percentage of Saudi Arabia's GDP devoted to military expenditure in 2005. Saudi Arabia has expensive taste in military hardware, such as Patriot missiles, from...
Percentage of America's GDP devoted to military expenditure in 2005, a lower proportion but higher dollar amount: the U.S. spent $495.3 billion, compared with Saudi Arabia's $25.4 billion...