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Re: What exactly accounts for prosperity if not culture?

By: DigSpace in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Thu, 02 Aug 12 8:37 AM | 70 view(s)
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I certainly agree with the point, but nerveless find the Israel Saudi comparison to be a rather interesting one.

Part of it is I never imagined SA to have so many folks running around there. Having never been to that part of the world I always envisioned a big empty desert.

In some ways one might be better served to look at per cap income as opposed to GDP, the countries switch around a fair bit if one does, although Israel and SA maintain their relative positions.


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Re: What exactly accounts for prosperity if not culture?
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Thu, 02 Aug 12 5:22 AM 		Msg. 09110 of 54959

Hi dig,

Okay. But I'm sure you take the point. Perhaps I should have used UAE or Kuwait. The thing that distinguishes income has more parts than culture. Natural resources help, for instance.

If you presume GDP per capita is the result only of culture, then there are unfortunate implications of that.

Thinking it is nonsense, I don't have to worry about this.

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