Prostitution and illegal drugs help UK overtake France in global wealth league

[Schutz]

What;s left of it (as it is being cleaned up)
http://www.nbtc.nl/web/file?uuid=fc...0-d235-4624-86a4-d899f855a216&contentid=27948

Ps: the Brits should be thankfull we still let them in.

Europeans annual trips to Netherlands are a big reason your country is financially stable and probably a big reason you are all fluent in English to cater to the tourists buying clogs and blueprints for windmills.

 

[Penguin]

Europeans annual trips to Netherlands are a big reason your country is financially stable and probably a big reason you are all fluent in English to cater to the tourists buying clogs and blueprints for windmills.

Really? Tourism is less than 4% of all 'workforce Fte's and less than 3% of GNP.

18th largest economy of the world in 2012
GDP per capita is roughly $43,404 which makes it one of richest nations in the world

The Netherlands have a prosperous and open economy, which depends heavily on foreign trade. The economy is noted for stable industrial relations, fairly low unemployment and inflation, a sizable current account surplus, and an important role as a European transportation hub. Industrial activity is predominantly in food processing, chemicals, petroleum refining, and electrical machinery. A highly mechanised agricultural sector employs no more than 2% of the labour force but provides large surpluses for the food-processing industry and for exports. The Netherlands, along with 11 of its EU partners, began circulating the euro currency on 1 January 2002. The country is one of the leading European nations for attracting foreign direct investment.