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Economic comparisons that don't impress me

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Naomi K
Mar 04, 2016
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Whenever I read something in a newspaper article that's like, "Mark Zuckerberg net worth is higher than GDP of Austria!!!" I think...hmm that's not really a fair comparison, is it? GDP is the measure of the value of goods and services a country produces every single year. Net worth, on the other hand, is a measure of how much capital a person has. They'…

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