Apropos of nothing in particular, check this out:
A third of a century ago the US accounted for 26% of the world's GDP. Today, even though it's the biggest economy on the planet and developing countries like China and India have skyrocketed, we still account for 26% of world GDP. That is truly remarkable.
"I'll go with the obvious follow up question for $100, Alex"
When you live in a single country which has over 20% of the entire worlds GDP, how does an idiot like Trump convince almost 50% of the population that America is no longer "Great?"
That's like the $100 question, say, the $400 question would be, "how does a country with 20 something percent of the entire world's GDP manage to not provide health insurance it all of its people?"
You could fill an entire Jeopardy board with similar questions: why can't we build enough housing, why do we have so many homeless people, why is our public infrastructure in such bad shape, why do we still have lead pipes everywhere, and on and on.
26% of the world’s GDP. Pretty good for a shit hole country of immigrants.
Go back to 1950.
Five years after the end of a war where all the major industrial powers had their industries bombed, save one notable exception?
It is heartening to see the US Economy showing signs of enduring strength.
What worries me, though, is that I suspect the share of global GDP produced by our Liberal Democratic allies has been on a steady decline. And I definitely want our allies to be strong as well, because it is an increasingly difficult world for Liberal Democracy. But instead, our allies seem increasingly weak and lethargic.
Yes Kevin, GDP is a shitty measure.
You haven't been paying attention to China's economy, have you? Their GDP has flatlined since the start of COVID.
A growing number of encounters at the southwestern border includes Chinese nationals.