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October 4, 2009

Graph of the Day for October 4, 2009

By Randall Hoven

"...[our predecessors] understood that the danger of too much government is matched by the perils of too little; that without the leavening hand of wise policy, markets can crash, monopolies can stifle competition, the vulnerable can be exploited."

President Obama, to a joint session of Congress on September 9, 2009.



Source:  the Heritage Foundation. 


Hoven's Index for October 4, 2009


Zimbabwe's unemployment rate, as estimated in 2005: 80%.


GDP per capita of Zimbabwe in 2008:  $200.


Rank of Zimbabwe in GDP per capita in 2008, among 229 countries:  229. 

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