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>You should also look at distribution in the "everyone equal" countries.
>World Bank GINI index(Distribution of wealth-lower is better) China 46.5 (2016 est.) USA 41.5 (2016 est.) Greece 36.7 (2012 est.)
>I couldn't find anything recent for Venezuela but I did see an estimate last month that 90% live below the poverty line. Before anyone blames Trump - I also saw this in the Guardian dated Apr 5, 2017 " In Venezuela 82% of people live in poverty ".
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>As for Greece being a "basket case"
> Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):
>China -3.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
>USA --3.4% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
>Greece +0.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
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Greece is proud of its history from Pericles times.
There was a recent tendency to fudge budget numbers...
Probably historic precedence in politicians eyes ;-)
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