<DIV>Chris is right. However, the PPP of many Russians (especially in Moscow and St Pete) will see their spending power diminish once individual households start paying for utilities, transportation, water, TAXES!!!. etc. All of these project are in the works. <BR><BR><B><I>Doug Henwood <dhenwood@panix.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Chris Doss wrote:<BR><BR>>Gag. Doesn't PPP count for anything? A Muscovite who earns $12,000 a <BR>>year has more buying power than a New Yorker who earns $75,000.<BR><BR>The underlying stats are from Branko Milanovic of the World Bank, who <BR>did use PPP. Milanovic isn't some standard-issue WB hack either - <BR>he's somewhere left of center, though I'm not sure how far left.<BR><BR>Doug<BR>___________________________________<BR>http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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