Ruth Alexander
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4,250 appearances
120 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2011
last heard Aug 2018
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Well, here's Mark Harrison, who got the answer by looking at figures compiled in a book released in 1993 by three Russian demographers.
So 8% of the males born in 1923 hadn't died by the end of the war.
Two-thirds had.
That's still a lot of young males dead.
Mike Haynes says census data gives the same result.
Mike Haynes, you're listening to More or Less on the BBC World Service, and I'm Ruth Alexander.
The International Monetary Fund, the IMF, says that China's total output may reach $17.6 trillion, which would be slightly higher than the $17.4 trillion figure it estimates for the US when calculated by purchasing parity power.
That basically factors in the relative price levels of the two countries.
But is this a big deal?
Well, no, according to Matthew Crabb, author and China specialist.
As Matthew Crabb points out, if you look at gross domestic product per capita, the value of all goods and services produced by a country divided by its population, then China's still way behind the United States.
China's GDP per capita is roughly $7,000 compared to $53,000 in the US.
So even if China makes more money in a year, there's a lot more spare money in America to spend on things like giant televisions and aircraft carriers.
But how easy is it to accurately measure the size of the Chinese economy, or even just parts of it?
Well, as you might expect from a man who's written a book called Myth-Busting China's Numbers, Matthew Crabb argues that you shouldn't be too trusting of the figures.
What makes the GDP figures important is that companies base investment decisions on them.
Matthew Crabb has a cautionary tale.
Matthew Crabb there.
That's all for this week.
Thank you very much for listening.
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