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Subject: Top Ten Armies of the World
Arditi    3/4/2004 3:54:10 PM
According to the CIA and other Intelligence Services (European, Asian, African) this is the tally - based on a Combination of Manpower, Technology, Firepower, Training, Resources, Available Reserves, and Nuclear Potential (Current or Likely): 1. USA 2. China 3. Germany 4. India 5. France 6. Russia 7. UK 8. Italy 9. Israel 10. Pakistan
 
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fall out    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World- check the source   3/12/2004 7:08:24 PM
i am an econoimcs student and italy do not have a bigger economy than the UK by measuring either PPP (purchasing power parity) or real GDP. PPP figures: 1. United States $10,082,000,000,000 2. China $6,000,000,000,000 3. Japan $3,550,000,000,000 4. India $2,660,000,000,000 5. Germany $2,184,000,000,000 6. France $1,540,000,000,000 7. United Kingdom $1,520,000,000,000 8. Italy $1,438,000,000,000 9. Brazil $1,340,000,000,000 10. Russia $1,270,000,000,000 However these figures can be very misleading, for example many of those countries included do not have proper health and education systems, massive poverty, and on an individual basis, low SOL (standard of living). A more accurate depiction of the world's largest economies you must use the real GDP figures, these are: Total GDP 2002 (millions of Ranking Economy US dollars) 1 United States 10,416,818 2 Japan 3,978,782 3 Germany 1,976,240 4 United Kingdom 1,552,437 5 France 1,409,604 a 6 China 1,237,145 7 Italy 1,180,921 8 Canada 715,692 9 Spain 649,792 10 Mexico 637,205 11 India 515,012 12 Korea, Rep. 476,690 13 Brazil 452,387 14 Netherlands 413,741 15 Australia 410,590 link
 
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Worcester    RE:Arditi: Big Mac   3/12/2004 7:09:45 PM
A Big Mac in Beijing is $1.29, similar to New York's $1.41. If an average Chinese worker earns $300 per month and a US worker earns $1,417 per month, who has the greater purchasing power - not in "parity" but in reality?
 
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Worcester    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World- fall out   3/12/2004 7:13:42 PM
As an economics student you are awre that GNP is more important than GDP. The "D" in GDP means "domestic" and excludes foreign earned incomes. For countries with major financial centers and exports this is important.
 
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Arditi    RE:Arditi: Big Mac   3/12/2004 7:15:21 PM
I guess all of you have proven my point - its not what you measure, but how you measure.
 
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TOXICITEE    RE:Arditi: Big Mac   3/12/2004 7:19:15 PM
So....... how is it again spain will overtake britain's economy, in ANY form of measurment? Also, haven't worecter and fall out proven you wronf about Italy's economic position?
 
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TOXICITEE    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World   3/12/2004 7:22:03 PM
Also if you go about 1 or 2 of my posts back you'll see I have asked you some questions that you have not acknowledged or answered.
 
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TOXICITEE    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World- check the source   3/12/2004 7:22:55 PM
make it 3 back from the last post, sorry.
 
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Gray    RE:unanswered questions   3/12/2004 7:40:01 PM
Toxicitee - calm down, dude!
 
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RM-Nod    RE:Arditi: Big Mac   3/12/2004 9:21:48 PM
"I guess all of you have proven my point - its not what you measure, but how you measure " So? What does that actually have to do with your top ten armies of the world? Worcester brought up the point about your source (cia world factbook I think it was) not being as reliable which pertains to the topic we are/ were discussing. You then talked about not the sources of economical measures but different types. different economic measures (eg GDP vs PPP) can both be different yet have correct figures in them (though yours did not) whereas worcester was saying that your source on the top ten armies was plain wrong. So how exactly does anyone prove your point? Seeing how it was, if you take the logic path threw what you said, to prove that your world factbook source could in fact be correct.
 
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TOXICITEE    RE:Top Ten Armies of the World   3/13/2004 9:25:36 AM
I'm calm,I just want him to answer my question(s), he seems to be avoiding my question so I shjould assume he is bluffing, but I am giving him a chance to prove himself. How can spain over take the u.k's economy in 6 years if spain is shrinking and the u.k is growing and is already has an economy 2.5 times larger? If spain was growing fast enough to be 2.5 times larger in 6 years (which it is not and is likley to be shrinking) it would be most likely the fastest growing economy in the world (again, which it is not). Artidi, how can you expect us to believe you if what you say is the opposite of what we find? Support your answer, don't just say you are a student of economics and expect us to believe you...
 
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