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Quality of Life, Balance of Power, and Nuclear Weapons (2014) : A Statistical Yearbook for Statesmen and Citizens.
Title:
Quality of Life, Balance of Power, and Nuclear Weapons (2014) : A Statistical Yearbook for Statesmen and Citizens.
Author:
Avakov, Alexander V.
ISBN:
9781628940145
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (230 pages)
Contents:
Introduction -- Sources -- Regions -- Abbreviations -- 1. Quality of Life -- Table 1.1 Gross National Income at Market Exchange Rates Per Capita, 2012 -- Table 1.2 Electricity Consumption kWhr Per Capita, 2011 -- Table 1.3 Infant Mortality, Rate Per 1,000 Live Births, 2012 -- Table 1.4 Expectation of Life at Birth, Average Between Male and Female Life Expectancy, 2012 -- Table 1.5 Gross Domestic Product at Purchasing Power Parities Per Capita, 2012 -- Table 1.6 Economic Quality of Life Index, Principal Component 1 of the Economic Quality of Life Indicators, 2012 -- Table 1.7 Societal Integration Index, -- Openness of Political Process, 2012 -- Table 1.8 Civil and Political Rights Index, 2012 -- Table 1.9 Freedom of the Press Index, 2012 -- Table 1.10 Human Development Index, 2012 -- Table 1.11 GINI Coefficient of Income Inequality, 2012 -- Table 1.12 General Human Rights Index, Principal Component 1 of the Political Quality of Life Indicators, 2012 -- Table 1.13 Ecomonico-Political Quality of Life Index, Principal Component 1 of the Economic and Political Quality of Life Indicators, 2012 -- 2. Balance of Power -- Table 2.1 Population, 2012 -- Table 2.2 GDP at Purchasing Power Parities, Millions of Dollars, 2012 -- Table 2.3 GNI at Market Exchange Rates, Millions of Dollars, 2012 -- Table 2.4 Armed Forces Personnel, Thousands, 2012 -- Table 2.5 Military Expenditures as Share of GDP, Percent, 2012 -- Table 2.6 Foreign Military Aid, Millions of Dollars, 2012 -- Table 2.7 Military Expenditures at Purchasing Power Parities Plus Foreign Military Aid, Millions of Dollars, 2012 -- Table 2.8 Military Expenditures at Market Exchange Rates Plus Foreign Military Aid, Millions of Dollars, 2012 -- Table 2.9 - Operational Nuclear Delivery Systems, 2013-2014 -- Table 2.10 - Operational Nuclear Warheads, 2013-2014, Strategic.

Table 2.11 - Operational Nuclear Warheads, 2013-2014, Sub-Strategic -- Table 2.12 - Operational Nuclear Warheads, 2013-2014, Total Strategic And Sub-Strategic -- Table 2.13 - States Possessing, Pursuing Or Capable Of Acquiring Weapons Of Mass Destruction, As Well As Those Which Used To Have Or Used To Pusue Them, 2013-2014 -- Table 2.14 Global Stocks Of Highly Enriched Uranium (Heu), 2012 -- Table 2.15 Global Stocks Of Separated Plutonium, 2012 -- 3. Developed Market Economies -- Table 3.1 GNI Per Capita at Market Exchange Rates of Developed Market Economies -- Table 3.1.2 GNI Per Capita at Market Exchange Rates of Developed Market Economies.,Year 1980 -- Table 3.1.3 GNI Per Capita at Market Exchange Rates of Developed Market Economies.,Year 1990 -- Table 3.1.4 GNI Per Capita at Market Exchange Rates of Developed Market Economies, Year 2000 -- Table 3.1.5 GNI Per Capita at Market Exchange Rates of Developed Market Economies, Year 2010 -- Table 3.1.6 GNI Per Capita at Market Exchange Rates of Developed Market Economies, Year 2012 -- Table 3.1.7 Growth Rates of GNI Per Capita at Market Exchange Rates of Developed Market Economies, 1970-2012 -- Table 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 -- Table 3.2.3 GDP Per Capita at PPP of Developed Market Economies, Year 1990 -- Table 3.2.4 GDP Per Capita at PPP of Developed Market Economies, Year 2000 -- Table 3.2.5 GDP Per Capita at PPP of Developed Market Economies, Year 2010 -- Table 3.2.6 GDP Per Capita at PPP of Developed Market Economies, Year 2012 -- Table 3.2.7 Growth Rates of GDP Per Capita at PPP of Developed Market Economies, 1970-2012 -- Table 3.3 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies.

Table 3.3.1 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies, Year 1960 -- Table 3.3.2 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies, Year 1970 -- Table 3.3.3 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies, Year 1980 -- Table 3.3.4 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies, Year 1990 -- Table 3.3.5 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies, Year 2000 -- Table 3.3.6 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies, Year 2010 -- Table 3.3.7 Infant Mortality of Developed Market Economies, Year 2012 -- Table 3.3.8 Decrease Rates of Infant Mortality, of Developed Market Economies, 1960-2012 -- Table 3.4 Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies -- Table 3.4.1 Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies, Year 1960 -- Table 3.4.3 Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies, Year 1980 -- Table 3.4.4 Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies, Year 1990 -- Table 3.4.5 Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies, Year 2000 -- Table 3.4.6 Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies, Year 2010 -- Table 3.4.7 Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies, Year 2012 -- Table 3.4.8 Growth Rates of Life Expectancy of Developed Market Economies, 1960-2012 -- Table 3.5 Health Expenditures of Developed Market Economies -- Table 3.5.1 Total Health Expenditures of Developed Market Economies as Percent of GDP, Year 2012 -- Table 3.5.2 Public Health Expenditures of Developed Market Economies as Percent of Total Health Expenditures, Year 2012 -- Table 3.6 Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies -- Table 3.6.1 Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies, Year 1970 -- Table 3.6.2 Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies, Year 1980 -- Table 3.6.3 Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies, Year 1990 -- Table 3.6.4 Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies, Year 2000.

Table 3.6.5 Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies, Year 2010 -- Table 3.6.6 Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies, Year 2012 -- Table 3.6.7 Growth Rates of Taxes as Share of GDP of Developed Market Economies, 1970-2012 -- Some Unexpected Results -- Is Private Health Insurance More Efficient than a -- "Public Option?" -- Is Taxation Stifling the Economy? -- Appendix: Methodology and Definitions -- References -- Law -- Sociology -- Military -- Economics -- Mathematics.
Abstract:
Who has the most nuclear assets in the Middle East? Whose power is waning, whose increasing? Updated annually, these tables of economic, demographic and military indicators establish the pecking order for 235 countries, with estimates of all nuclear arsenals including rarely published data on non-signatory nations.New in this edition, the author sums up what statistics in the developed world show in relation to the efficiency of private health insurance versus a "public option" and whether it is true that "taxation stifles the economy.".
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