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Europe vs. America , EU vs. USA.
Pros & cons of every country,
European Union,as an entity & USA.
In terms of
economy,
employment,
housing,
transportation,
weather,
industry,
social services,
education system ,
justice,
crime & punishment,
income,taxes,buying power,
quality of life...
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05-11-2008, 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by futexan
Pros & cons of every country,
European Union,as an entity & USA.
In terms of
economy,
employment,
housing,
transportation,
weather,
industry,
social services,
education system ,
justice,
crime & punishment,
income,taxes,buying power,
quality of life...
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Some snapshots
EU has bigger airport and subway (London), bigger harbour (Rotterdam), more people who use public transportation
Climate: EU from Dfc (subarctic) to Af (tropical rainforest);
USA from Et (Tundra) to Af (tropical rainforest).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Koppen_Map.png
Industrial output is bigger in the EU
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Industrial.PNG
Education System is better as USA ranks below OECD average
Programme for International Student Assessment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Homicides in the USA are more frequent
Crime in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Income GDP/PERSON: USA has higher
List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taxes: USA has lower taxes than the EU
List of countries by tax revenue as percentage of GDP - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buying power: EU has a bigger puying power than the USA
List of countries by GDP (PPP) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quality of life: USA has a higher quality of life than most EU-countries, excepions are Ireland, Sweden, Netherlands and France
( Statistics - Human Development Reports (UNDP))
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05-11-2008, 04:27 PM
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Interesting comment,with one mistake...
To calculate buying power,we take into consideration the income per capita,with PPP,not the GDP or GNP...
Therefore, Americans have far more buying power than the Euros...especially now with the enlargment of EU with poor east. European countries...
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05-11-2008, 04:46 PM
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Interesting comment,with one mistake...
To calculate buying power,we take into consideration the income per capita,with PPP,not the GDP or GNP...
Therefore, Americans have far more buying power than the Euros...especially now with the enlargment of EU with poor east. European countries...
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You are right, Americans have far more buying power than us Europeans. Nevertheless, as a whole, the EU has more buying power, as there are more Europeans than Americans.
List of countries by GDP (PPP) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But the average European has indeed (3290000/46000=) 71% of the GDP PPP/person of that of the average American.
But what is good? If you look at the map at
Purchasing power parity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
than you get more for you dollar in the US than in North-West Europe. |
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Right on...
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05-11-2008, 05:10 PM
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FOX NEWS RULES!
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Interesting how the comparison is all of Europe VS the U.S.A. instead of a single European country VS the U.S.A.
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05-11-2008, 05:21 PM
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Only that way makes sense,300m Amers vs 420m (or whatever ) Euros ...
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05-11-2008, 05:28 PM
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The USA is more democratic than the EU, according to The Economist.
Exceptions are Sweden, The Netherlands, Denmark, Finland, Luxembourg, Ireland, Austra, Germany, Austra, Malta and Spain.
http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/D...EX_2007_v3.pdf |
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05-11-2008, 05:33 PM
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No offense but " Economist " is British antiamerican trash magazine,notorious for its false predictions in its annual publication. Totally unreliable.
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05-12-2008, 02:42 AM
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No offense but " Economist " is British antiamerican trash magazine,notorious for its false predictions in its annual publication. Totally unreliable.
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Freedom House says (2006 figures) on Political Rights (PR) and Civil Liberties (CL) the US gets both a 1 (highest score) and as a result is called 'Free'.
The same is for the EU-members UK, Sweden, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal, Poland, The Netherlands, Malta, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Ireland, Hungary, Germany, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Cyprus (Greek), Belgium and Austria.
Exceptions: Greece and Bulgaria have PR 1, CL2, and 'Free'. Romania has PR2, CL2, and 'Free'.
Source: http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/...WAllScores.xls
BTW I'm interested to hear what you think is a better newspaper/magazine and why. |
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