Posted on 12/02/2014 12:40:50 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Here's a map from American Enterprise Institute's Mark Perry that puts America's $16 trillion economy in some global perspective.
The map compares the GDP of U.S. states with other the national GDPs of other nations.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
They are a city-state, not a country. Would you have considered Hong Kong a country before China subsumed it?
Could be worse. To the south of me is Bangladesh.
I am, strangely, wearing Croatian boots at the moment to attempt to navigate this ice rink up here. They're going pretty well except that I'm having these weird impulses to go kick a Serb with them...
Cool map.
I do not know if I believe this.
They should rename the state ‘Boeingsoft’
RE: I do not know if I believe this.
I guess you’re a skeptic when it comes to governments reporting their GDP’s (including here in the USA ).
Note that Poland, Germany and France and the UK are missing from this “list”. These countries must be powerhouses.
How about Russia? Just read that since the barrel price of oil is down their trade is about the same as Spain. So where are they and Spain on this “list”.
Interesting. NC= Belgium. Belgium produces quite a lot.
RE: Interesting. NC= Belgium. Belgium produces quite a lot.
Note that Belgium has more people than North Carolina.
So noted. Also noted the completely “gone” industries that were in NC and now overseas: furniture building, textile manufacturing, and.... even with largest output of tobacco in the US.... tobacco. RJ Reynold imports zimbabwean tobacco for god’s sake! The white corn liquor is still quite good and non governmentally proprietary. And incredible auto mechanics thanks to NASCAR.
China missing too and it IS a powerhouse.
By that measure, Delaware and Connecticut, say, are a lot better off than Azerbaijan and Pakistan.
>> Belgium is not cool. All they have is battlefields <<
What about the waffles?
Anyone can make waffles. It’s just heated dough.
That is sooooo true! In England it seemed every girl thought I should have spoken with a Texas drawl.
The Aussies must sleep more.
They have beers that taste more like champagne than beer.
Some of the lambics are more like a cordial, others are sour.
The wheats like Blanc de Bruggs is light and clean....
I try to make it to the Belgian Beer Festival in Brussels every year, but have missed it the past few... 300+ Belgian Beers for three days in the Grand Place...
The slightest whiff of malt beverage makes me nauseous.
Then who ends up being the customer of tobacco produced in North Carolina?
a much superior chart would have done the renaming based on PER CAPITA GDP - relative GDP per person
that, and not the whole numbers, are more illustrative of how productive the people in a state, or nation are
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.