national income
noun
: the aggregate of earnings from a nation's current production including compensation of employees, interest, rental income, and profits of business after taxes
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By comparison, Norway, the top contributor by this metric, gave 1.09% of its gross national income in overseas development aid that year.
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Joannie Tremblay-Boire, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Foreign aid accounted for 18% of Kiribati’s national income in 2022, according to the Lowy Institute – with New Zealand among its largest donors.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
McKinley was indeed successful in raising large sums of money for the U.S. government several decades before the first national income tax was implemented.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
When measured correctly, labor’s share of national income has been roughly constant at about 70 percent—for the last century.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Joannie Tremblay-Boire, The Conversation, 5 Feb. 2025
Foreign aid accounted for 18% of Kiribati’s national income in 2022, according to the Lowy Institute – with New Zealand among its largest donors.
—Helen Regan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2025
McKinley was indeed successful in raising large sums of money for the U.S. government several decades before the first national income tax was implemented.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
When measured correctly, labor’s share of national income has been roughly constant at about 70 percent—for the last century.
—John C. Goodman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“National income.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/national%20income. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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