A Longer, Costlier School Year? Oct 1, 2009
This would increase their lifetime earnings and the Gross National Product. It might also reduce drop-out rates and general teenage angst. (Investors Business Daily)
Africa still needs aid -Kufuor Sep 30, 2009
And because Koenders' budget is also linked to the gross national product, it is set to decrease even more under the impact of the economic crisis. John Kufuor has a reputation for integrity. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Cashman is Yankees' MVP Sep 30, 2009
Cashman signed Sabathia and Burnett for the gross national product of a Third World country, and then lobbied Hal Steinbrenner to spend another $180 million to keep Teixeira out of Fenway Park. "We're not here without that piece, Teixeira, along with a lot of others," Cashman said. (News & Observer -- Sports)
Trades that take place in shadows Sep 26, 2009
Although the number of licences in Sydney has grown at about 1 per cent a year since 1990, that growth has lagged well behind the rate at which gross national product, for example, has grown. Nineteen years ago, demand for new plates already exceeded supply. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
G-20 cuisine can be found all over Pittsburgh Sep 24, 2009
These countries represent two-thirds of the world's population as well as about 90 percent of global gross national product and 80 percent of world trade. So their influence is huge on the world's food scene. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Ranking: U.S. 1st in health care spending, 37th in health Sep 20, 2009
All international studies show that Americans spend the most, as measured by the percentage of gross national product spent on health. But all that spending has only bought the country 37th place in overall health-system performance, as measured by indicators such as a nation's overall health and the effectiveness of its system, according to the World Health Organization's ranking of nations. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
* National debt within normal range, premier says Sep 20, 2009
87 percent of gross national product (GNP) over the last three years. Compared with many countries, this is within a normal range, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Richest country can fund adequate care Sep 18, 2009
We are now paying more than 16 percent of our gross national product on health care. That's almost twice as much per person as any other country. (Anchorage Daily News)
Friction Force Differences Could Offer A New Means For Sorting And Assembling Nanotubes Sep 18, 2009
It is estimated that the losses in the U.S. economy due to friction total about 6 percent of the gross national product. Friction is even more important to micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoscale devices because these smaller systems are more affected by surface forces than large systems. (Science Daily)
Consumers live in fear of future despite slight economic shift Sep 17, 2009
5 per cent of gross national product. It succeeded, just, by producing 0. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Aussies want govt to boost aid for poor Sep 16, 2009
7 per cent of Gross National Product (GNP) agreed as part of the Millennium Development Goals. More than four out of five people - 81 per cent - want the proportion of aid to reach 0. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Obama: 'The Time for Games Has Passed' Sep 11, 2009
A resilient and resurgent American economy will of necessity, be reliant on the optimum employment of all employable citizens, in the creation of gross national product. Creating a world class GDP/GNP requires a nations ability to fire full throttle in productivity. (Slate)
Afghanistan by the numbers Sep 10, 2009
Afghan gross national product: $23 billion (the size of Boise, Idaho's, writes columnist George Will) - about $3 billion of it from opium production. Annual budget of the Afghan government: $600 million. (Asia Times Online)
FuelCell Energy Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results and Latest Accomplishments Sep 9, 2009
South Korea has committed 2 percent of its gross national product to clean energy projects -- more than any other developed country. Currently, South Korea is pursuing the passage of a $85. (Primezone Releases)
Warning: What I'm about to tell you is gross Sep 6, 2009
1 percent -- is the most impor tant because it shows that the nation's income was down more than twice as much as the 1 per cent drop in the gross national product ... 1 percent -- is the most impor tant because it shows that the nation's income was down more than twice as much as the 1 per cent drop in the gross national product. (New York Post -- Business)
Africa: G20 Finance Ministers Meet to Assess Economic Recovery Sep 5, 2009
The G20 countries represent about 90 percent of the global gross national product and nearly 80 percent of world trade. They also include two-thirds of the world's population. (allAfrica.com)
Newsweek: How Japan's opposition rose to power Sep 4, 2009
He explains the LDP drew popular support by emphasizing themes of economic recovery, rapid industrial growth, and " 'GNPism'an ideology that focused on aggregate national indicators of economic progress, on the gross national product.". In 1993, the LDP lost power to an eight-party coalition, only to return to power less than a year later in coalition with the Japan Socialist Party. (MSNBC -- International)
Why Chuck Grassley Turned on Health-Care Reform Sep 4, 2009
"Health care not only is 16% of the gross national product, but it touches the quality of life of every household as few others do," Grassley declared back in April. "I'm doing everything I can to make the reform effort in Congress a bipartisan one.". (Time.com)
How do you pay back $10 trillion? Sep 3, 2009
It is almost three times the gross national product (GNP) of the United States of America and that is why we should be scared. Our elected officials Democrats voting mainly in tow with President Barack Obama have saddled us with a debt of such enormous nature that the odds of our ever climbing out of the hole are phenomenal. (L Observateur, LA)
MORE ON GIFFORDS' TOWN HALL MEETING: Both sides share concerns Sep 2, 2009
Currently, almost 17 percent of the gross national product goes to health care, and within a decade, it will be 20 percent, he said. In 15 years, it will grow to 25 percent if something isn t done to constrain the growth, the former surgeon general remarked. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Letter to the Editor: Federal money wasting a bad sign Sep 2, 2009
If the government has to spend all this time and money to simply change the name of a program and then implements their plan six months late, how in the world can we expect this same government to administer a national health care program constituting 17-20 percent of the country s Gross National Product. Jim Rutkowski. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Depression looms as global crisis Sep 2, 2009
"These costs combined amount in the UK, it's estimated, or about 12bn ($19bn) per year or around 1% of the gross national product so these are absolutely enormous sums.". With the expectation that the burden from mental illness is going up and will continue to increase in coming years, Dr Saxena says societal attitudes towards mental illness need to change. (BBC News -- Health)
Stacey Cervantes, a certified ARNP with Magnolia Pediatrics, examines Madison Little, 2, during her routine check-up. Many doctors and locals feel that the proposed health care overhaul could diminish the relationship between physicians and patients, and damage the system rather than helping it. JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Aug 31, 2009
Health care is already one-seventh of the gross national product, and if we are going to help people live quality lives longer, it is going to take a lot of money, he said. But by trying to cut money reimbursement for medical care, for elderly patient procedures thats going to undermine the system. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Is private pension scheme a solution? Aug 29, 2009
As at Oct 30, 2007, it has accumulated US$100bil, which is equivalent to 70% of the gross national product of Chile. Under this system, all civilian salaried workers must contribute 10% of their salary to a privately run pension fund and workers can choose any of the countrys six private pension funds to place their monies with. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
How many oil speculators do we need? Aug 29, 2009
" Makes sense -- if you don't count Roosevelt's pro-labor programs, he doesn't end up very pro-labor!So now we have a 68-page paper Ohanian has been working on for four years that is sure to become a never-to-be-extinguished talking point for New Deal haters, union-busters, and opponents of all kinds of government intervention in the economy. Here are some key points, taken from the press release pushed out by UCLA. Pro-labor policies pushed by President Herbert Hoover after the stock market... (Salon)
The glitzy faceof Eurabia Aug 28, 2009
Annual per capita gross national product is a ridiculously high $74,000. Crisis. (Asia Times Online)
Hoover's pro-labor stance helped cause Great Depression, UCLA economist says Aug 28, 2009
"By keeping industrial wages too high, Hoover sharply depressed employment beyond where it otherwise would have been, and that act drove down the overall gross national product," Ohanian said. "His policy was the single most important event in precipitating the Great Depression.". (EurekAlert!)
Lloyd Garver: Health care plan for doctors Aug 28, 2009
After that, the medical student/patient will be presented with a bill whose total will be slightly more than the Gross National Product of Brazil. Getting back to the geriatric patients, as I said, I think it's a good idea, but it's just a start. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
'Democracy in Action' Aug 27, 2009
DEAN: This country spends 17 percent of its Gross National Product on health care. The next. (Fox News)
Govt urged to cap excise duty Aug 27, 2009
5% to the gross national product or RM13bil per year and provides employment (directly or indirectly) to half a million people related to the industry, he noted. He added that any increase would have to be passed on, which would have a negative impact on many industries, including the F&B, tourism and entertainment industries. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
If Obamacare’s So Great, Why Do Dems Have to Lie About It? Aug 27, 2009
Moreover, he derided America for being the wealthiest country in the history of the world [and] spending 14% of its Gross National Product [on healthcare] without providing basic health insurance to everybody. And Obama s admission of his desire for a single payer system in 2003 is not an isolated one. (Human Events Online)
* Switching from financial bubbles to sustainability Aug 26, 2009
8 trillion (12 percent of gross national product) per year, are bound to increase, not only creating enormous uncertainties in politics and financial markets, but also dimming consumer confidence as households focus attention on potential future budget cuts and tax increases. The US has reached the practical limits of reliance on short-term stimulus spending, and will need to start cutting the budget deficit and fostering alternative pathways to growth. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Cost of health care hurting industry Aug 24, 2009
The United States pays out 17 percent of its gross national product to its health care system. For this huge investment, we achieve a level of health only marginally better than many Third World countries. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Lewin: Health care reform benefits Isles Aug 23, 2009
Lewin said private health insurance premiums may rise 8 percent on average this year, while health care costs are most likely rising twice as fast as the gross national product. The debate so far has been notable for its partisan fighting and worries about how reform will change what they've got now. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Web offers happiness gauges Aug 19, 2009
Dodds sees the potential of creating a real-time index that, along with other indicators such as gross national product and consumer confidence, can help paint a picture of the country's well-being. While questions remain about how representative the Internet is as a sample of the general population, some say it is reaching a point of maturity and market penetration where it can become a reliable source of information. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
The Skimmer: The WHO's Big Report on Road Safety Aug 16, 2009
On the economic impact of car accidents: "The road traffic injury epidemic also has considerable impact on the economies of many countries, particularly low-income and middle-income countries that are frequently struggling with other development needs. The global losses due to road traffic injuries are estimated to be U.S. $518 billion and cost governments between 1% and 3% of their gross national product more than the total amount that these countries receive in developmental assistance.". The... (Time.com)
The Brits outpouring of ilovetheNHS is compelling Aug 14, 2009
7 percent of its gross national product on health care; the U.S. spends 16 percent. The French system works much like Medicare in this country but covers the entire nation. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Turnbull's scheme more expensive, less effective Aug 13, 2009
This has little impact on gross domestic product, which measures only what we produce within Australia, but it affects gross national product, which includes the international transfer of income flowing from purchasing permits from other countries. Frontier projects its model to cost 0. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Good News on Malaria Control [Extended version] Aug 13, 2009
1 percent of the gross national product of the high-income countries (10 cents per $100 of income). One example of such targeted aid is a mass free distribution of antimalaria bed nets to people living in impoverished malarious regions of Africa. (Scientific American)
From Ireland... to the United States (again) Aug 13, 2009
In Ireland, the Economic and Social Research Institute projects that unemployment will average over 12 percent this year and that the gross national product will shrink a disastrous 9 percent in 2009. A recent report estimates that net Irish emigration from 2010 to 2015 will total between 126,000 and 150,000, a complete turnabout from the unprecedented net immigration to Ireland of the 1990s and 2000s. (Boston Globe)
Hearing anchor in person a treat (2) Aug 13, 2009
Who will pay for those jobs in the future if government continues to grow as a percentage of our gross national product. My own little stimulus. (Rockport Pilot, TX)
History Unkind to Health Care Reformers Aug 13, 2009
I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its Gross National Product on health care cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody ... I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its Gross National Product on health care cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. (CBS News -- Health)
Sound off! Aug. 12, 09 Aug 13, 2009
To participate in the generation of the Gross National Product that made this country the greatest the world had ever known. I choose known on purpose because after the demonstration put on by Butterfield I know that ranking is soon to be a thing of the past. (Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald, NC)
Click to read:Health Care Debate Heads to Town Halls Aug 10, 2009
Gross National Product is the total accumulated gross profit receipts of the United States for one fiscal year. Is that right. (CBS News)
Could this be the bottom of the Great Recession? Aug 9, 2009
We don t trust the people who are proposing it, we are afraid of getting government involved in our health care and don t want the huge outlay of tax dollars that it will take to run a program that represents upwards of 20% of our gross national product. We don t want to continue to be responsible for the health care needs of people who are in this country illegally. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Minister calls for strict enforcement of traffic legislations Aug 8, 2009
He said traffic injures cost low and middle income countries between one per cent and two percent of their gross national product, more than the total development aid they received. Dr Kuunbuor was speaking at the opening of the 31st Annual Congress of the Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners, organised on the theme "Road Traffic Accidents-A National disaster", in Cape Coast. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
UO: 'Jobless recovery' hallmark of current recession Aug 8, 2009
A recession is generally defined as a continual downturn in the gross national product for six months to a year. The. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
A more positive Pacific solution Aug 8, 2009
But the boost to gross national product, what is left after the foreign gas companies, for example, take their revenues, will be much less. And after construction, employment would contract to several hundred operators, with 60,000 local land-owners receiving some rent. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Africa: Relax Trade Rules, U.S. Urged Aug 6, 2009
" Extending AGOA AGOA expires in 2015 and some African countries would like it extended to encourage potential investors. According to Ngongi, most of the trade under AGOA is in crude oil products, yet most SSA economies are agriculture-based. Agriculture represents one-third of the gross national product of SSA countries, and employs two-thirds of its workers - mostly as smallholder farmers cultivating a hectare or less of land. Relevant Links Vilsack said the US had committed US$1 billion... (allAfrica.com)
We need to return to conservatism Aug 2, 2009
Add them all together and then we can look at it from a macro-level gross national product and per capita standard of living. What do we come up with. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Area officials plot future disaster response (2) Aug 2, 2009
A huge percentage of the gross national product flows across that bridge, he said. In addition to the goods that travel the bridge, about 70 percent of Hamilton workers commute to Keokuk every day. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Morocco: Western Sahara Drains Development [analysis] Aug 1, 2009
According to a report published by Abdelmoumni, military expenses amount to five percent of the gross national product ... "Today the state's full budget is lower than 20 billion euros a year," Abdelmoumni tells IPS. "If we sum everything up, including subventions, tax relief, the black market and the fact that we are completely cut off from our neighbour Algeria, we estimate the total cost of the Western Sahara equals three to five percent of Morocco's gross national product, or 20 percent of... (allAfrica.com)
The Country Curmudgeon: Government robbery Jul 31, 2009
almost our entire gross national product for a whole year. Could you be so far in debt that to pay it off meant turning over every cent you earned for the next entire year. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
America Needs a Take-Home Pay Raise Jul 29, 2009
Stop Paying the Crooks: The equivalent of the gross national product of New Zealand -- somewhere between $70 billion and $120 billion -- is stolen from the U.S. taxpayers each year due to fraud in Medicare and Medicaid. This is both a stunning demonstration of government incompetence and a huge source of real reform of our health care system. (Human Events Online)
Hamish McDonald Jul 29, 2009
The same day, Japan will announce its figure for gross national product growth for the last quarter of 2008; which economists expect will show the country's economy contracting at a yearly rate of 12 per cent.. Saturday January 24, 2009. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Delay on health care reform bill a good thing Jul 26, 2009
Representing 16 percent of the nation s gross national product, the health care industry is one big economic gorilla. It is also one that has many facets. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Rome police seize Dolce Vita cafe Jul 23, 2009
This was the second major police swoop this week against the notorious group, which authorities say has an annual turnover of over 30bn euros, equivalent to three per cent of Italy's gross national product. The BBC's David Willey, in Rome, says the 'Ndrangheta controls a significant part of Europe's drug trafficking market, particularly the cocaine trade. (BBC News -- Europe)
Obama Mounts "Aggressive" Health Care Push Jul 21, 2009
I see no reason why the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world, spending 14 percent of its Gross National Product on health care cannot provide basic health insurance to everybody. And that. (CBS News)
From the archive: The Eagle Has Landed Jul 21, 2009
To get to the moon has cost no more than the equal of nearly 3 per cent of one year's gross national product, spent over a decade, but earth taxpayers will expect more for that than one bag of rocks. They will want their crock of gold. (The Economist)
Hatch: Too Rushed On Health Care Jul 20, 2009
" Its not a real choice. Canada, England, Sweden, France and many other countries have proven that you can have quality medical care and free health coverage for all at the same time. by reveal5 July 19, 2009 9:47 PM EDT How can people think that this is not a good time to stop health insurance companies from ripping off their customers and leaving so many to suffer and/or die? How does that sort of logic work? by insureu2 July 19, 2009 10:52 PM EDT Too rushed??? They have had over 20 years to... (CBS News)
• COLUMN: Someday, my broccoli ain't gonna be soggy Jul 19, 2009
That's more than the gross national product of Jamaica. The average American eats six frozen dinners a month, which is remarkable considering how many ways since the TV dinner was introduced in 1953 that we've been disappointed: Banquet, Night Hawk, Stouffer's, Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice, Marie Callender's, Hungry Man, El Charrito My earliest memory of Uncle Fred is of him breaking a table knife trying to cut Salisbury steak in a fully-cooked Swanson TV dinner. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Canary Islands hit by recession Jul 18, 2009
In Spain tourism accounts for 10% of gross national product and one in eight jobs. With more and more holidaymakers deciding to stay home, the downturn has been especially severe in the Canary Islands. (BBC News -- Business)
Valley lawmakers clash over water Jul 15, 2009
Rankings are based on percentage changes in unemployment rates, housing prices, the number of people employed and gross metropolitan product, a measure akin to the gross national product. WASHINGTON -- Sharp partisan conflict now divides San Joaquin Valley lawmakers who had been united as they sought solutions to the region's water shortage. (Fresno Bee)
Quit because of Obama? No thanks Jul 15, 2009
Remember, each government employee, except those elected to Congress, is a parasite, feeding off the tax dollars and contributing nothing to the Gross National Product. If government continues to grow, it will take more and more tax dollars to support it. (The Augusta Chronicle)
2000-year-old Statue Of An Athlete Sheds Light On Corrosion And Other Modern Challenges Jul 10, 2009
13, 2006) The corrosion of technically relevant alloys, like stainless steel, causes damage that amounts to about 3 percent of the global gross national product. Although this every-day phenomenon has such. (Science Daily)
