blessed britons

From 1757 to 1947 during British rule in India, there was no increase in India's per capita income for almost two hundred years. Indeed, in the last half of the nineteenth century, income probably declined by more than 50 per cent. In effect, there was no economic development at all in the usual sense of the term.

— — Mike Davis,

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Researchers measured world carbon emissions from 1950 to 1986 and found that the United States, with about 5% of the world's population, was responsible for 30% of the cumulative emissions, whereas India, with 17% of the world's population, was responsible for less than 2% of the emissions. It is as if, in a village of 20 people all using the same bathtub, one person had shed 30% of the hair blocking the drain hold and 3 people had shed virtually no hair at all.

— Peter Singer in One World

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Submitted by antarchi on October 20, 2007 - 00:10.

Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) have grown exponentially in recent years due to the occupation of Iraq. Iraqi contracts boosted the annual revenue of British PMSCs alone from £320 million in 2003 to more than £1.8 billion in 2004. One recent reports estimates that there are 48,000 mercenaries in Iraq. Income for the industry reached $100 billion in 2004.

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