CHAPTER 1, BOOK 2 (Part 28): JAPAN, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND INDIA

The following continues the serialization of SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Humanity:

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Further analysis only includes Russia and China because the European Union, India and Japan don’t appear to be particularly dangerous future military foes. But for comparative purposes, here are some statistics, mostly from the CIA World Factbook:

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..........................Japan.......EU.............India

Age (years).........30,000...2 million........500,000
Current
Government......1300............52.................62

Size (km2).....377,835.........4,323,782......3,287,590

Population.....128 million..490 million...1,130 million

GDP..............$4 trillion......$15 trillion.....$3 trillion

GDP/Capita..$33,600........$30,000.........$2,700

Military Exp..$33 billion...$293 billion...$103.9 billion

Military Exp.

..%GDP...........1.2%..............2%................3.5%

In the spirit of the previous sections, though, one point worth mentioning is that, India, a Hindu nation, with a minority of 150 million Muslims, still has more Muslims than Pakistan or the entire Middle East. The unemployment rate for Indian Muslims is 52%, and, while making up 11% of the total population, they are 40% of the prison population. Yes, India is incredible and making a major economic move. However, there is a loudly ticking time bomb here that has to be defused.
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The Dow Jones Industrials went up 33 to 6627. All world markets fell today. Unemployment last month reached 8.1%, a 25-year high. Gold rose $1.74/barrel to $45.52. Gold increased $7/toz to $940.

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