In its documents, baseball has accused McCourt of gross mismanagement and draining the team of millions of dollars to finance the personal lifestyles enjoyed by him and his estranged wife, Jamie.
In a report released last year, the World Bank warned that if Russia did not adopt comprehensive public health programs, it risked a shrinking work force, destabilized families, strains on national security and a drain on the gross domestic product.
The estimated total cost of LBP to the United Kingdom is 1-21-2% the gross domestic product [ 3], a drain attributable to direct health care costs and lost productivity.
Even if the hair belongs to you, and especially if it doesn't (those of you who live with roommates, we feel for you), there's something so gross about seeing it tangled in the drain, just taunting you.
For example, road traffic injuries drain developing economies of 1 2% of gross domestic product (about $100 billion) each year, or twice the total development aid received worldwide by developing countries [ 2].
Our guesstimate excludes the impact of cash drain for restructuring, which is expected to depress gross margin to the upper 20s and kick operating expenses north of the lower 20s as a percent of revenue.
With state budgets already strapped, consider this: Deporting 12 million undocumented workers would drain $2.5 trillion over ten years from our nation's gross domestic product.
Indonesia's current-account deficit is equivalent to 4.4 percent of gross domestic product, and its inflation has surged to almost 9 percent, draining investor confidence in its economy.
Tax evasion remains one of the biggest drains on the Greek state, accounting for about $58 billion annually, or 13 percent of gross domestic product.
Baseball's filings in the case depict McCourt's gross mismanagement of the team, his use of the team as a "personal piggy bank" and his draining it of $180 million, a sum that the Dodgers insist is $30 million.
