Similarly, GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income.

(a) Estimates of gross national income

High national incomes are not enough to ensure children s well being.

During the crisis, taxpayers were on the hook for almost a quarter of national income.

Why do governments all focus on increasing per capita national income?

Household disposable income is about 60 of national income in China, and the household savings rate is close to 30 of disposable income.

This amounted to transferring annually 8 10 of Germany s national income, or 65 76 of its exports.

For Nevada, such support can be estimated at 10 20 of its national income.

The average well being of our societies is not dependent any longer on national income and economic growth.

Indeed, ever since the Industrial Revolution, the rise of light manufacturing has driven a dramatic rise in national income.

By the end of 2008, Ireland s three main banks had lent more than three times the country s national income.

National saving in the Nordic countries averages more than 20 of national income, compared to around 10 in the US.

So, China s socialism with Chinese characteristics is an economy where an increasing share of national income goes to the state.

All who gathered in Thimphu agreed on the importance of pursuing happiness rather than pursuing national income.

His works allowed us to analyze the structure of the national income, and expose to detailed study a number of specific problems of the national economy.

D. Money is the key to gaining power

But, with consumption accounting for 35 of national income (compared to 70 in the US!), there is vast room to grow.

Improved methods for calculating the national income and related indicators have become classics and formed the basis of the modern system of national accounts.

Exploring the formation of the national income, Kuznets studied proportions between output and income, consumption and savings, etc.

The UK has pledged 0.7 of its gross national income, but is debating who will receive it.

Agriculture, which in the 1800 s accounted for more than half of national income, has shrunk to just a few percent.

And the bills are substantial.

Here's my account number.

I'm the one that pays all the bills.

I'm the one who pays all the bills.

The gross debts of households and financial institutions are higher today as a share of national income than they were before the financial crisis.

The purchasing power of national income per person in Nigeria is now 50 lower relative to Britain than in 1980.

The US federal deficit is an alarming 12 of GDP, and public debt as a share of national income is already projected to double, to 80 of GDP.

Such an unfair distribution of wealth based on economic exploitation, social injustice and political exclusion has caused silent but persistent resistance by Chinese peasants.

But Russia, owing to a rise in its national income, no longer is eligible for HIV AIDS Global Fund grants.

Rich countries have long promised to increase their aid levels to 0.7 of national income (from around only 0.25 today).

The promise of 0.7 means that the rich world would give developing countries a mere 70 cents out of each 100 of national income.

In the US, the poorest 20 of households receive just 5 of total income, putting their income at around one fourth of the national average.

Aspiring to determine the nature of these cycles, Kuznets analyzed the dynamics of population, the construction industry performance, capital, national income data and other variables.

Reserves are like savings accounts.

Some have had their financial assets frozen.

I'm the one that pays all the bills.

I'm the one who has to pay all the bills.

Have you paid the electric bill?

Tom refused to pay his bills.

You need to pay your bills on time.

You need to pay your bills on time.

Gone are the calls for the developed countries to live up to their commitment to give at least 0.7 of their GNI in development aid.

But as health expenses start taking up a third of national income, healthcare socialism starts becoming just plain Marxism to each according to his needs.

In the US, the poorest 20 of households receive just 5 of total income, putting their income at around one fourth of the national average. In the Nordic countries, by contrast, the poorest 20 of households receive nearly 10 of total income, putting them at roughly one half of the national average.