Abstract
1988 was a historic year for Japan. In that year, its per capita gross national product became the largest in the world, passing the United States, Scandinavia and the rest of Europe, and leaving the developing countries far behind. The figure was $19,547 per person.
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© 1996 Jon Woronoff
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Woronoff, J. (1996). Quality Of Life (If You Can Call That Quality). In: Japan as –anything but– Number One. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230371293_11
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