Japan: The richest country on the planet

Discussion in 'Economics' started by DT-waw, Nov 28, 2011.

  1. DT-waw

    DT-waw

    No other nation spends that much per capita on:

    -sex
    -fashion
    -real estate
    -electronics
    -restaurants
    -travel

    in relation to military+police+healthcare spending.
    large % of economy is in grey/black market- not seen in official books.
     
  2. benwm

    benwm

    10x richer than China based on similar GDP and 1/10th population
     
  3. China has 1 trillion dollars of T-bonds, Japan has debt of 200% of gdp. How do you measure wealth?
     
  4. -sex
    -fashion
    -real estate
    -electronics
    -restaurants
    -travel