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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-08-06 05:18 PM
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5. Yes - North america has benefitted from that. Africa was carved up
like a turkey and suffered. But if you look at South America - they didn't benefit from strong & true democracies. So they are still worse off than the USA. They also had great resource endowments.
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  -Great income inequality/democracy map of the world. - Wikipedia.org applegrove  Feb-08-06 05:08 PM   #0 
  - Recomended!  AX10   Feb-08-06 05:10 PM   #1 
  - This doesn't look too good.  Maat   Feb-08-06 05:11 PM   #2 
  - India is still suffering the inefficiencies of socialism  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 12:37 AM   #33 
     - Seems like the democracies and the mixed market ones are doing the best.  applegrove   Feb-09-06 11:09 AM   #57 
     - asdf  cyberia   Feb-10-06 04:28 AM   #61 
  - Our wealth...  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 05:15 PM   #3 
  - Yes - North america has benefitted from that. Africa was carved up  applegrove   Feb-08-06 05:18 PM   #5 
  - Huh?  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 05:35 PM   #9 
     - In USA & Canada it was capitalist but mixed market economies.  applegrove   Feb-08-06 08:05 PM   #12 
        - America is beautiful!  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 08:20 PM   #14 
           - So do you want to see the distribution of wealth continue to deteriorate?  applegrove   Feb-08-06 08:39 PM   #15 
           - Do-si-do...  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 09:00 PM   #16 
           - It is detereorating. How do you feel about it. Richer are richer; poor,  applegrove   Feb-08-06 09:04 PM   #17 
              - LOL!  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 09:22 PM   #18 
                 - No. Kerry's wife is the richest person you know. Was married to a  applegrove   Feb-08-06 09:49 PM   #19 
                    - Well....  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 10:12 PM   #20 
                    - Yes - all the senators have money. Oh - but guess what - some of  applegrove   Feb-08-06 10:19 PM   #21 
                       - We discussed it just fine.  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 10:25 PM   #23 
                          - You said you were not sure how you would feel about the middle  applegrove   Feb-08-06 10:31 PM   #24 
                          - This is what I ACTUALLY said:  Jug Or Not   Feb-08-06 10:40 PM   #25 
                          - Good Lord  tkmorris   Feb-09-06 05:51 AM   #52 
                             - I gave up. Hopefully the ignore button is attached to some algorithm  applegrove   Feb-09-06 11:01 AM   #54 
                    - Kerry's wife Teresa inherited wealth as a heir to the Heinz fortune via  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 12:40 AM   #34 
                       - I don't think this person wants information. Just blowing off some freeper  applegrove   Feb-09-06 11:05 AM   #55 
           - I would want people who strive harder to succeed be able to keep  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 12:49 AM   #37 
              - I agree that labor should be encouraged by taxing the fruits of it lighter  1932   Feb-09-06 12:53 AM   #39 
                 - Have you seen some of the humongous awards by juries lately?  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 01:00 AM   #41 
                    - I still don't understand the logic of taxing jury awards.  1932   Feb-09-06 01:05 AM   #43 
                       - I would never ever drive a car with a hot cup of coffee between my legs  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 01:15 AM   #47 
                          - Then maybe McDonalds shouldn't have drive-through windows.  1932   Feb-09-06 01:19 AM   #49 
                          - BTW, before you get too distracted, what does that have to do with taxing  1932   Feb-09-06 01:22 AM   #50 
           - Have you visited Western Europe recently?  cyberia   Feb-10-06 04:31 AM   #62 
  - Sweden's income inequality, by the way, is among highest in world, BEFORE  1932   Feb-09-06 12:10 AM   #28 
  - Why are then more people breaking the doors down to immigrate here  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 12:42 AM   #35 
  - Don't understand your question/point. Sweden has a lot of immigrants, BTW.  1932   Feb-09-06 12:48 AM   #36 
     - Sweden has a higher (10%+) unemployment rate, a higher suicide  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 12:52 AM   #38 
        - Sweden has problems like all countries, but it has a high level of happi-  1932   Feb-09-06 12:57 AM   #40 
        - I am all for free college education to all those who can keep their  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 01:06 AM   #44 
           - Look at Sweden. Their society creates a great deal of wealth for everyone  1932   Feb-09-06 01:13 AM   #46 
        - On what are you basing your theory that people who want to achieve high  1932   Feb-09-06 01:01 AM   #42 
        - My brothers-in-law in Sweden have never made it out of  BigYawn   Feb-09-06 01:09 AM   #45 
           - Maybe your brother in law is lucky to be in the middle class.  1932   Feb-09-06 01:17 AM   #48 
        - Re: unemployment rates  cyberia   Feb-10-06 04:47 AM   #64 
  - As Justice Louis Brandeis said,  cyberia   Feb-10-06 04:41 AM   #63 
  - welcome to DU!  mdmc   Feb-10-06 09:51 AM   #65 
  - great. not very useful if you're RED-GREEN COLORBLIND  unblock   Feb-08-06 05:16 PM   #4 
  - So what color are your flaming mad smilies? LOL  applegrove   Feb-08-06 05:18 PM   #7 
  - Yup, same problem here  htuttle   Feb-08-06 05:27 PM   #8 
  - Don't you guys have those filters?  skids   Feb-08-06 10:42 PM   #26 
  - Among the democratic industrialized nations, we don't look so good.  MissMarple   Feb-08-06 05:18 PM   #6 
  - Greenland is AWESOME!  maxsolomon   Feb-08-06 05:47 PM   #10 
  - Greenland is a part of Denmark  mim   Feb-08-06 10:58 PM   #27 
     - stop making sense!  depakid   Feb-10-06 02:30 AM   #60 
  - Based on the explanation of the table, you're all reading this wrong.  flashdebadge   Feb-08-06 05:57 PM   #11 
  - No - Dark green is the best - then to the yellow, yellows to orange, to  applegrove   Feb-08-06 08:07 PM   #13 
  - I don't think there are many dictators left in South America, by the way.  1932   Feb-09-06 12:12 AM   #29 
     - No - but the 20th century (recent history) is filled with leaders who  applegrove   Feb-09-06 11:08 AM   #56 
  - Proud to put it over the top for greatest.  WannaJumpMyScooter   Feb-08-06 10:20 PM   #22 
  - So our income disparity is on a par with Iran and China  magellan   Feb-09-06 12:19 AM   #30 
  - I didn't know that Japan was so good on this front  SupplyConcerns   Feb-09-06 12:28 AM   #31 
  - Thank the Marshall Plan for that.  1932   Feb-09-06 12:34 AM   #32 
     - 'fraid not. The Marshall Plan applied only to post war Europe...  T Town Jake   Feb-09-06 06:07 AM   #53 
        - Oh really?  1932   Feb-10-06 12:35 AM   #58 
  - Great post. Reccomended. n/t  yibbehobba   Feb-09-06 04:32 AM   #51 
  - wow...we're on the same level as Bolivia?  Blue_Tires   Feb-10-06 02:22 AM   #59 
 

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