Check Wikipedia for minimum wages in various countries. Note
specifically developed vs. undeveloped countries. German is interesting in that
there is no minimum wage except there are many exceptions based upon collective
bargaining. It infers you are unemployed from a particular job. This is also
true in Austria.
This site has interesting charts on education spending
by some countries but I’m not sure what it means aside that we spend a lot but
don’t get the best results. There are a lot of blogsites that deal with this
issue. Here is another interesting site that talks about what college education
costs for students around the world.
Further checking shows that Australia is the first country to make
higher education free at the point of entry but it is not a free ride. You have
to repay based on a percentage of future income. It has worked well and they
have no student loan defaults. In this country Oregon has a program similar to
Australia except the repayments only last a certain period of time. For a
fuller description check this site.
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