With apologies to the Harper�s Index, here are some factoids that caught my eye during recent reading, online & offline, presented in the form of figures:8: Average age, in years, of cars in Germany (Source: �In Germany, a Puzzling Prescription for Economic Health,� New York Times )40,000,000,: Approximate population of France during the Second World War (Source: A review of Tony Judt�s �Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, The New Yorker)1,500, 6,000: Number of Nazi administrators and German policemen, respectively, who ran and policed France during the German occupation (Source: ibid)1, 50: Percentage of German population who were Jewish and percentage of Berlin doctors who were Jewish, respectively, at the end of the 19th century (Source: �Are Jews Smarter?,” New York Magazine)301:1: Ratio of American chief executives’ compensation to the pay of the average production worker in 2003 (Source: �Too Many Turkeys�, The Economist) 431:1: Ratio of pay in 2004 (Source: ibid)500,000,000: Estimated reduction, in dollars, of Microsoft�s tax bill achieved by officially selling its products in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa through an Irish-based subsidiary, Round Island One Ltd (Source: Irish unit lets Microsoft cut taxes in U.S., Europe, Wall Street Journal)30: Address on Herbert Street, Dublin, of the legal domicile of Round Island One Ltd (Source: ibid)30: Address on Herbert Street, Dublin, of the headquarters of Matheson Ormsby Prentice, a firm of solicitors who offer to assist multinationals �unbundle the traditional value chain and locate appropriate profit generating functions in Ireland.” (Source: ibid)