Proposed question:
Below are figures on military spending as part of government expenditure:
19.3% US 18.7% Russia 7.1% Australia 6.3% Canada 6.3% UK 5.4% France
Should Canada increase or decrease its defence budget?
1. Increase significantly 2. Increase 3. No Change 4. Decrease 5. Decrease significantly
What do you think? Any suggestions?
I like it but then we should quote where those facts are from. But I think this question is really good.
www.visualeconomics.com
Does anyone have a good source for stats on this matter? Jacqueline - if you think this site is sufficient and no one else objects I say we post it up on the main page.
That's actually a really good question Nadeem. I would put it on the list, but perhaps another question should come before it to give it some background? A question which provides some reason for it, i.e. geography, foriegn policy... etc.
Bentley- Go to the web page Nadeem put on the post under his question and tell me if you think it is a good source, Im terrible at judging weather internet sources are good.
Also were running out of questions but personally i think that second question on the board should be taken down but Im not gunna make a hige fuss over it if everyone else is loving it.
I have posted the question, but with percentage of military spending at part of GDP, taken from the CIA Factbook on the main page.
Please let me know what you think of it.
Dollar figures? What about figures in EUR, Australian dollars, real/nominal dollars, citing weapons/arms sources. I think % of GDP reflects the priority of defense to the country. They might all be empirically different. It doesn't mean that they are proportionally spending more or less on defence when looking at sheer numbers.