Satellites Shed Light on Dictators’ Lies About Economic Growth | VOANews

Several dictators are significantly overstating economic growth, according to research which looks at satellite images of countries at night. As Henry Ridgwell reports, economists have long questioned the reliability of data from autocratic regimes – including China.

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This means Coruscant from Star Wars is richer than every First World Country on earth combined

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China was mentioned but why did not show the night light. Something fishy about this video....

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Do you know how to calculate GDP? No, you don't.

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