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January 29, 2006
Wall Street's Bonuses Equal the GDP of Afghanistan
Wall Street’s 2005 bonuses equaled $21.5 billion, spread among 172,000 people. This amount equals the GDP of Afghanistan in 2004, a country with a population of 30 million.
Wall Street’s bonus pool for last year also exceeds the GDP of two-thirds of the world’s countries.
[From the Baltimore Sun; thanks to Under the Counter for the pointer.]
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