[extropy-chat] Extinctions

[Robin Hanson]

At 12:22 PM 6/14/2006, Martin wrote:
>On 6/13/06, Damien Sullivan <phoenix at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
> > And we have more GDP, so we're spending more absolutely as well.  Funny
> > how we don't live longer. The %GDP difference is big, too, like 15% for us
> > then 10% for the next.
>
>It's 13% in the United States (I had to look this statistic up a few
>months ago), but I'm not sure where 2nd place is.

It was 15% in 2002, and is surely higher now:
http://reclaimdemocracy.org/articles_2004/us_recordhigh_healthcare_spending.html



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