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...owner. Instead he will break up only those that do not carry their weight, and satisfy the peasants' land hunger by opening vast new areas that have never seen a plow. "Right now," he says, "we have only one-half an acre of land under cultivation, per capita. We must double that to one acre...
...cost money-and lots of it. But Peru's economy is coming on strong. Nurtured along by Belaúnde's firm hand, the gross domestic product expanded 8% last year to a record $3.5 billion, exports vaulted 23% to another high of $667 million, and per-capita income rose to a record $250 (v. $225 overall for Latin America...
...levy. If there was anything India's staggering economy did not need, it was new shackles. The country's third five year plan, now in its 47th month has failed so badly that food output has not kept pace with population growth Unemployment is soaring, and per-capita income has failed to gain for three years. To bolster the economy, India is wooing private foreign capital, but this effort, too, has run afoul of high taxes India requires foreign investors to have a local partner; usually, the Indian finds he cannot raise his share of the money...
Within its limited aims, EFTA has been good for the nations involved. The per-capita income of its 97 million inhabitants is slightly higher than the Common Market's. Not counting the British surcharge, the EFTA partners have cut their industrial tariffs by 70% in the past five years, including a 10% reduction this month, and the official aim is to bring them down to zero within two years. They have increased their trade with one another by 50% . Though that is not quite as high as their increase in dealings with the Common Market, it is far greater...
Corporate profits before taxes jumped to $58 billion, up $7 billion from 1963. A record 70 million Americans were at work, and unemployment, which hovered close to 6% a year ago, dipped below 5% for the first time since 1960. Most impressive of all, the nation's per capita income from wages, dividends and pensions jumped 6% to $2,264, a rise that meant that the average family of four had an income of about $9,000, or $536 more than it did twelve months...