Size of GDP

Current Trends Are Not Sustainable

This graph shows Government spending, expressed as a percent of GDP, in ten-year intervals for 1970 to 2080. The chart also shows Government receipts, expressed as a percent of GDP, as a line from 1970 to 2080.

Wil Longbottom

• Trip of a lifetime would take the best part of three weeks through picturesque Alaska and Siberia
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