“If the current birth rate, which is the lowest in the major developed countries, continues, there will be no Japanese. Who will pay the enormous debt?” IfsCountryPayBirthMajorsRateCurrentsDebtEnormousLowestDeveloped CountryBirth Rate Author:Jim Rogers
“During the 1960s, and again in the 1970s, growth in manufacturing productivity in the United Kingdom was the lowest of all the seven major industrial countries in the world. During the 1980s, our annual rate of growth of output per head in manufacturing has been the highest of all the seven major industrial countries.” WorldHas BeensCountryGrowthUnitedMajorsHighestSevenRateProductivityKingdomsLowest1960sManufacturingAnnualsOutputUnited Kingdom Author:Nigel Lawson
“Britain, with the most completely socialized health system in the West, now spends the lowest fraction of GNP on health care of any major nation. There are frequent complaints of excessive waits for elective surgery and other inconveniences, but British citizens live slightly longer than Americans, on average, and our overall health conditions are comparable.” CareNationsWaitingConditionsCitizensMajorsWestAverageBritishHealth CareBritainSurgeryComplaintsLowestFractionsInconvenienceHealth SystemOverall Health Book:The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice Source: The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice
“It's not an accident that the U.S. ranks lowest of all major donor countries in the world - that is the share of our income that goes to development aid. Americans will ask whether, because were so generous privately, that makes up the difference. But it doesn't. We still rank far below other countries.” WorldStillsCountryAsksDifferencesShareDevelopmentMajorsAccidentsAidsIncomeGenerousOther CountriesLowestDonorsDevelopment Aid Author:Jeffrey Sachs
“Berkshire has the lowest turnover of any major company in the U.S.The Walton family owns more of Wal-Mart than Buffett owns of Berkshire, so it isn't because of large holdings. It's because we have a really unusual shareholder body that thinks of itself as owners and not holders of little pieces of paper.” ThinkingLittlesBodyCompanyPiecesPaperMajorsOwnersUnusualLowestShareholdersBuffettTurnover Author:Charlie Munger
“The reality is that we have one of lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth because so many people have given up on the political process. The reality is that there has been trillions of dollars of wealth going from the middle class in the last 30 years to the top 1/10th of 1 percent.” PeopleYearsHas BeensCountryRealityEarthLastsPoliticalGivenProcessWealthClassMiddleMajorsPercentDollarsMiddle ClassVotersLowestGiven UpVoter Turnout Author:Bernie Sanders
“For context, the budget of Don Jon is about half the budget of (500) Days of Summer. And (500) Days of Summer is about a third of the budget of the lowest-budget movies produced at a major studio.” HalfSummerMajorsThirdsStudiosBudgetsLowest Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt