| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 192 pages). |
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data file |
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Statistics |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Quality of life, balance of power and nuclear weapons ; v. 5
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The foundations of power politics in the nuclear age, fundamental forces that drive events in the international news, and seldom-discussed factors that can shift whole economies, or trigger wars, may be discerned from the statistical tables presented in this novel yearbook first issued in 2008. This statistical annual presents fundamental data in three sections: (1) Quality of Life, (2) Balance of Power and (3) Developed Market Economies since 1960. It contains data that is generally not available elsewhere. Sections 1 and 2 give statistics for 232 countries. The World Bank and Encyclopedia Britannica provide statistical data for a maximum of about 160 countries. The actual number of countries in World Bank statistical tables is even smaller. The C.I.A. World Factbook gives data for about 230 countries but that data is limited in scope and is imprecise. Other statistical publications are even less satisfactory. The author has managed to increase the number of countries tallied by writing proprietary software utilizing statistical regressions, selecting data which, first of all, is important and, second, which allows for high correlation coefficients for these regressions. Section 2 includes data about nuclear delivery systems and the number of nuclear warheads of all nuclear powers. This is based on information from reputable sources. Among others, it includes estimates of the Israeli nuclear arsenal which usually do not appear in the press. Official estimates of Russian military expenditures distributed by US and British intelligence communities are methodologically flawed. Such estimates claim to give a picture of military expenditures of the countries of the world at market exchange rates; at the same time, they apparently cite Russian military expense figures at purchasing power parities, thus inflating these numbers in comparison to those of other countries. Such deceptive practices of the Anglo-American intelligence services are counter-balanced by presenting two different tables, showing military expenditures estimates both at market exchange rates and by purchasing power parities. Section 3 gives data on the topic of health care. It seems that public health expenditures as a share of total health expenditures has a stronger correlation with the comparative level (and the rates of improvement) of the main health care indicators than the absolute level (measured as a percent of GDP) of total health expenditures. The data demonstrates that the U.S. has the lowest public health expenditure of developed market economies and is increasingly lagging behind other countries by main health care indicators. The recent legislation that was intended to provide greater access to health care for people in the US was furiously attacked by opponents who suspected it would entail some sort of tax increase that would hurt the economy. The author therefore also seeks to shed light on modern ideological debates about the share of taxation in GDP and its influence on rates of growth. Surprisingly enough, the empirical data for the developed market economies do not seem to support the popular idea that low taxes are strongly correlated with higher rates of growth; depending on how the data are analyzed, the appropriate correlations are either low or even the reverse of what is commonly believed. |
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INTRODUCTION; REGIONS; ABBREVIATIONS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TABLE 1.1 GROSS NATIONAL INCOME AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES PER CAPITA, 2009; TABLE 1.2 INFANT MORTALITY, RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS, 2009; TABLE 1.3 EXPECTATION OF LIFE AT BIRTH, AVERAGE BETWEEN MALE AND FEMALE LIFE EXPECTANCY, 2009; TABLE 1.4 GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES PER CAPITA, 2009; TABLE 1.5 ECONOMIC QUALITY-OF-LIFE INDEX, PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 OF THE ECONOMIC QUALITY-OF-LIFE INDICATORS, 2009; TABLE 1.6 SOCIETAL INTEGRATION INDEX, INTENSITY OF OPEN POLITICAL PROCESS, 2009 |
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TABLE 1.7 CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS INDEX, 2009TABLE 1.8 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX, 2010; TABLE 1.9 GINI COEFFICIENT OF INCOME INEQUALITY, 2009; TABLE 1.10 HUMAN RIGHTS INDEX, PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 OF THE POLITICAL QUALITY-OF-LIFE INDICATORS, 2009; TABLE 1.11 ECONOMICO-POLITICAL QUALITY-OF-LIFE INDEX, PRINCIPAL COMPONENT 1 OF THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL QUALITY-OF-LIFE INDICATORS, 2009; BALANCE OF POWERS; TABLE 2.1 POPULATION, THOUSANDS, 2009; TABLE 2.2 GDP AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2009; TABLE 2.3 GNI AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2009 |
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TABLE 2.4 ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL, THOUSANDS, 2011TABLE 2.5 MILITARY EXPENDITURES AS SHARE OF GDP, PERCENT, 2009; TABLE 2.6 FOREIGN MILITARY AID, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2009; TABLE 2.7 MILITARY EXPENDITURES AT PURCHASING POWER PARITIES PLUS FOREIGN MILITARY AID, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2009; TABLE 2.8 MILITARY EXPENDITURES AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES PLUS FOREIGN MILITARY AID, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, 2009; TABLE 2.9 -- OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR DELIVERY SYSTEMS, 2010-2011; TABLE 2.10 -- OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, 2010-2011, STRATEGIC, 11(BULL), 10(BULL), 10(SIPRI) |
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TABLE 2.11 -- OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, 2010-2011, SUB-STRATEGIC, 11(BULL), 10(BULL), 09(BULL), 09(SIPRI), 08(BULL)TABLE 2.12 -- OPERATIONAL NUCLEAR WARHEADS, 2010-2011, TOTAL STRATEGIC AND SUB-STRATEGIC; TABLE 2.13 -- STATES POSSESSING, PURSUING OR CAPABLE OF ACQUIRING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, 2011; DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES; 3.1 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES; TABLE 3.1.1 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1970; TABLE 3.1.2 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1980 |
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TABLE 3.1.3 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1990TABLE 3.1.4 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 200; TABLE 3.1.5 GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 2009; TABLE 3.1.6 GROWTH RATES OF GNI PER CAPITA AT MARKET EXCHANGE RATES OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, 1970-2009; 3.2 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES; TABLE 3.2.1 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1970; TABLE 3.2.2 GDP PER CAPITA AT PPP OF DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES, YEAR 1980 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic indicators.
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Economic indicators. |
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Social indicators.
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Social indicators. |
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Quality of life -- Statistics.
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Quality of life -- Statistics. |
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Quality of life. |
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Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures -- Statistics.
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Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures -- Statistics. |
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Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures. |
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Nuclear weapons -- Statistics.
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Nuclear weapons. |
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Statistics.
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Health status indicators.
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Health status indicators. |
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Electronic books.
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Reference works.
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Reference works.
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Statistics.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Avakov, Aleksandr V. (Aleksandr Vladimirovich), 1954- Quality of life, balance of power and nuclear weapons. New York : Algora Publishing, 2012 0875868916 (OCoLC)782056337 |
| ISBN |
9780875868936 (electronic book) |
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0875868932 (electronic book) |
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9780875868912 (soft ; alkaline paper) |
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9780875868929 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0875868916 paperback |
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0875868924 |
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