For example,
income per capita actually rises as crime rises if the country spends more money to fight that rising crime — on a larger police force or improved intelligence technologies.
Not exact matches
Far from an economic powerhouse, China's economy remains a middleweight when its vast number of poor people is taken into account — the country's
per capita GDP is only around US$ 4,500, 1 / 10th that of the U.S. And as a share of the economy, household
incomes have
actually declined over the past decade.
Judged by the standard GNP statistics, the US
per capita income had increased in real value by 25
per cent since 1976; but, using the ISEW, they found that over the same period the economic wellbeing of Americans had
actually declined by 10
per cent.
Researchers looked at data from dozens of 20th century international health studies and found that, once
per -
capita income passed $ 5,000, recessions
actually helped health.
Actually, 244 of the 250 counties in the nation with the lowest
per capita income are non-metropolitan.
If their real
income (on a
per capita basis) is less than that of investment returns (which is likely), and we apply investment - based discount rates, we will make decisions that assume they will have more real
income in the future than they
actually will have.