[lbo-talk] European welfare state

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Sep 20 17:30:19 PDT 2010


On Sep 20, 2010, at 7:24 PM, James Heartfield wrote:


> Germany has a lower gini coefficient because it has high growth rates, higher wages (and also can spend more on welfare).

No. Germany's per capita GDP grew less than 5% between 2000 and 2009 (not annual, but total). The UK, 10%. US, 6%.

Doug



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