Wealth, Poverty, other Interesting stuff
In regard to the relative poverty in the United States, a student made a comment referring to the USA as " the wealthiest country in the world." Are we? Here are some links showing different ways of determining per capita income....and in none of them are we ranked #1!
http://siakhenn.tripod.com/capita.html
http://www.finfacts.ie/biz10/globalworldincomepercapita.htm
http://www.success-and-culture.net/articles/percapitaincome.shtml
(Wikipedia gives you multiple choices of sources for this one):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
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Here's a current article in Newsweek about the bullying phenomenon that gives you a different side to all the hype.
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/01/is-the-bullying-epidemic-a-media-myth.html