Its cute and funny, but if you look at the other vids by the owner... they do a lot of training/tricks with their dogs. This might be the result of such a trick, its hard to say.
Lol that was adorable. Although I hate the smell, it's hilarious when our dogs have a loud fart. It always surprises them and they stare at their butts waiting for another :P
I thought I might be rich for a minute, until I went to the link. That's per person, not per family. A family of four would have to make $136,000 to qualify.
Two points: 1)The French hate rich people; they think money is Evil. +And The Forbes 400 List for France, is more like "Le Forbes 3".
2)I don't think the accuracy of the info is consistent across the board. -Especially in the Switzerland, etc. There is A LOT of invisible money out there.
The problem with the concept of a "middle class" is that there's more than one definition of it. One might define "middle class" as defined here, i.e. from an economic/arithmetic point of view. But most people don't.
Most people define "middle class" from a socio-economic point of view ("the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class", per Wikipedia). But the term "middle class" also has such strong connotations that I've seen analysts define it based on what people in the middle class SHOULD be able to afford (i.e. exactly what Mr. Milanovic says the true global middle class CAN'T afford) -- by which definition there is no such thing as a middle class in many African countries, for instance.
Mr. Milanovic is an economist, so it makes sense for him to analyze this from a strictly economical point of view (and the results are genuinely interesting regardless of anything else), but don't let this change your definition of the middle class, because most people don't use a strictly economic definition anyway.
That $34,000 is deceptively worded. It isn't just per person in the household... it's also after taxes. At first glance I was surprised that so few of the 1% were in the United States.
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(aren't talking farts either)
This might be the result of such a trick, its hard to say.
I don't need you to laugh!!!
1)The French hate rich people; they think money is Evil. +And The Forbes 400 List for France, is more like "Le Forbes 3".
2)I don't think the accuracy of the info is consistent across the board. -Especially in the Switzerland, etc. There is A LOT of invisible money out there.
Most people define "middle class" from a socio-economic point of view ("the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class", per Wikipedia). But the term "middle class" also has such strong connotations that I've seen analysts define it based on what people in the middle class SHOULD be able to afford (i.e. exactly what Mr. Milanovic says the true global middle class CAN'T afford) -- by which definition there is no such thing as a middle class in many African countries, for instance.
Mr. Milanovic is an economist, so it makes sense for him to analyze this from a strictly economical point of view (and the results are genuinely interesting regardless of anything else), but don't let this change your definition of the middle class, because most people don't use a strictly economic definition anyway.
God I swear....people named "Will" are all the same >.<
http://www.understandfrance.org/French/Money.html
http://plus.lefigaro.fr/note/a-frenchman-and-his-money-are-not-soon-parted-20110802-521976
Try visiting some time! :D ;P