Saturday, March 7, 2009

500,000 lawyers versus 500,000 engineers

Last hope, last stand: China's petitioners find a system under strain (Financial Times)

A fascinating set of videos taken by the FT of Chinese citizens petitioning the central government for justice.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson once pointed out that the US graduates 500,000 lawyers a year, while China graduates 500,000 engineers each year. Looking at the Chinese judicial system, one wonders whether our apportionment of social resources is really all that bad.

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