The money spent on arms throughout the world has increased thirtyfold since 1900.
If we have 30 channels available to us at any time, will our freedom of choice increase thirtyfold?
Using the rental and the original capital cost multiplier, one can work out that the value of freehold industrial property in recent years has increased twenty to thirtyfold.
Increasing drug usage was undoubtedly the primary reason for burglaries rising tenfold and robberies rising thirtyfold from 1950 to 1970.
In 1982 there was a threefold increase in investment since 1960 in motor freight transport, and more than a thirtyfold increase since 1940.
