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James E. Austin, a professor of business administration at Harvard, said that while the world's food supply has continued to grow at an increased rate in the past half century, per capita growth rates have actually declined. "We're barely keeping ahead of the Malthusian progression," said Austin...
...rent-controlled three-bedroom apartment in Cairo, for example, can cost as little as $3.74 a month. Telephone service costs 2 cents or 3 cents a call. The subsidized price of a large loaf of bread is about 2 cents. But for the majority of Egyptians, whose per capita income is $600 a year, subsidies are just enough to keep them from penury. Last February national security police rioted after the rumor spread that their hitch would be extended from three years to four. Reason: the conscripts earn less than $10 a month, on which many of them must support...
...rich Sultanate of Brunei (pop. 214,000), which sits on the northwest coast of the island of Borneo and has been ruled by the same family for 29 generations. "There are no poor people in Brunei," said one U.S. official. He added that little Brunei, with its annual per-capita income of roughly $17,000, "has no serious problems of any kind." Shultz chatted with the Sultan and took a tour of the thousand-room palace compound with its squash and tennis courts and a banquet hall with a 120-ft.-high ceiling, which seats 4,000. Basically, said...
...late to shower, and so I grabbed my Union Pacific Railroad cap to cover my greases). I even got wasted once by Henry Rosovsky in front of 700 people in "Japan" class. (He asked for an example of a country with a very low level of per-capita income; I said "Kuwait" because I for some reason thought I heard him say very high level of per-capita income. I can still hear exactly how he snorted, through the microphone of Science Center B, "Hah, Kuwait...
...majority, it is a good thing. When it keeps voters away from the polls or prevents them from taking action against flaws in the system, it is obviously a detriment. Unfortunately, America is subject to both kinds of apathy. While there are probably fewer terrorist groups per capita than in most other countries, there are also lower voter turnouts at elections...