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- From: ssc@nwu.edu (Steven Chung)
- Newsgroups: sci.econ
- Subject: Re: I want a GERMAN standard of living
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.222402.14999@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 22:24:02 GMT
- Article-I.D.: news.1992Nov6.222402.14999
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- In article <BxB3t5.8Ar@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
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- # On the other hand
- # Both Germany and Japan have longer average lifespans and
- # lower % of GDP spent on health care than the US, and both
- # have lower crime rates. So the situation is complex.
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- I wonder how much the average lifespans and health care costs would move
- when you factor out gang violence, drug abuse, crack babies, and so forth,
- which are pretty much endemic to inner cities in America.
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