The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Quick international comparison
Statistics NZ has just issued this handy table. NZ isn't top or bottom in any category except % population under 15 years old. Ours is highest (due to the Polynesian population):
International comparisons with our top five visitor source countries
Interesting to note our GDP per capita is approximately half that of the USA, and we are only kept off the bottom of the table by China.
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Without checking, in the 50s/60s NZ was near or at the top of GDP per capita rankings.
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