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states vs corp

Today, transnational corporations often have revenues far exceeding the total GDP of the countries where they do business…
  • 51 of the world’s 100 largest economic entities are corporations;


  • 14 of the world’s 50 largest economies are corporations (28%);


  • according to Fortune's Global 500, combined sales of the world's top 200 corporations in 2002 were $9,312,821 million. Worldwide GDP, according to the World Bank, was $32,252,480 million;


  • in 2002, Wal-Mart broke into the world’s top 20 economic entities, a hair behind Belgium, but well ahead of Sweden;


  • The Home Depot, a hardware and building-supply retail store, is a bigger economic entity than New Zealand;


  • of the oil-rich countries in the Middle East, only Saudi Arabia and Iran made it into the top 100, but six oil companies appear on the list.
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