Capita Quotes

The United States, per capita, at a certain period in its history, had the most junkies of any country ever in the world - right after the Civil War. The most brutal war, the greatest amount of casualties that America`s ever had.

The Marshall County Relay For Life Unit thanks all who participate in any way to help make the Relay For Life a success. We were second in the nation last year per capita. We all can be proud of that accomplishment, plus what the funds will do for research. Research has come a long way in the past 10 years helping to reduce the total deaths and increase the cures.

We think we can raise our per capita income, build the knowledge base, the economy and get a little more competitive if we can produce more baccalaureate degrees.

If US per capita income continues to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent a year, the country will have plenty of money to finance comfortable retirements and high-quality healthcare for all citizens, including those at the bottom of the wage ladder.

If you look at us per capita, we just blow everyone else out of the water.

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there`s a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought.

In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world`s goods must steadily decrease.

Western Europe GDP per capita - not taking into account the new accession counties - was lower in 2001 relative to that of the US than any time since the 1960`s.

Most of the suicide hijackers came from Saudi Arabia, a place not lacking in wealth. But due to rapid population growth, the wealth per capita has fallen by about half in a generation.

We have one of the highest interest rates in the world, and we owe more money per capita than any other country. All we need is a nail hole in the bottom of the boat and we`re sunk.

Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we`re dead last in per capita giving to poor people.

The standard growth theory tells us that economic growth in per capita basis comes from mainly two sources: capital deepening and total factor productivity growth, or TFP growth.

Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this.

(The accords are voluntary but include firm targets-like increasing renewable energy use to 10 percent within seven years, and reducing per capita water consumption by 10 percent by 2015. Generation Earth, a nonprofit group that worked with ICLEI and U.N. officials to organize the summit, will regularly grade each city`s effort to meet the accords.) There is tremendous power in targets and timetables, ... Even if the same person isn`t there, if you set a goal of 10 percent renewable power within seven years, you can check and see if they`ve achieved it.

(So will it all end in tears? Will the 5-year boom that has seen average prices increase by 50 percent in the United States (and by that much in the past 12 months in Phoenix) prove to be a bubble? After all, Goldman Sachs reports,) Relative to per-capita GDP, a typical home in San Francisco now costs much more than one in London. ... Beware.

Among the countries whose per-capita yearly GDP is less than US$2,000, China has witnessed the fastest Internet sector growth, and the boom is a manifestation of China`s effective yet market-friendly regulation.

Among the countries whose per-capita yearly GDP is less than US$2,000, China has witnessed the fastest growth of Internet sector, and the boom reflects China`s effective yet market-friendly regulation.