On Wed, 4 Oct 2000 11:54:14 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) David
Hardman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Readers in Britain might have noticed "alternative" medals
> tables in one or two of the newspapers. The Guardian (3rd
> October) carried a table which they said took into account
> the size and prosperity of individual countries, though as
> far as I could see it was actually only based on
> prosperity.
Actually, I just noticed that the Guardian's prosperity
measure was Gross National Product. Is this the same as
Gross Domestic Product which, according to the original
"Olympic" posting does take population into account? Not
being an economist or statistician, I don't know how
these measures are constructed....
Dr. David Hardman
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