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How Should Personal and National Wealth Be Measured?

Money For the Rest of Us

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The Evolution of Life Expectancy in the United States

The expansion in per capita GDP was even greater in developed worlds, just like using Western Europe. Life expectancy in Portugal is 81 years, higher than the US,. Costa Rica is a higher life expectancy than the US at 79 years. But if you look at per capita GDP of those three countries, US, the highest $70,200. The lowest $12,500 per person, but has higher life expectancy, greater well-being, potentially, than US households.

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