Posted on 06/11/2007 6:45:35 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a convenient way of measuring and comparing the size of national economies. Annual GDP represents the market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year. Put differently:
GDP = consumption + investment + government spending + (exports – imports)
Although the economies of countries like China and India are growing at an incredible rate, the US remains the nation with the highest GDP in the world – and by far: US GDP is projected to be $13,22 trillion (or $13.220 billion) in 2007, according to this source. That’s almost as much as the economies of the next four (Japan, Germany, China, UK) combined.
The creator of this map has had the interesting idea to break down that gigantic US GDP into the GDPs of individual states, and compare those to other countries’ GDP. What follows, is this slightly misleading map – misleading, because the economies both of the US states and of the countries they are compared with are not weighted for their respective populations.
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I have been a FR member for quite some time. But this has to be the FUNNIEST FR post I have EVER seen.
Thanks for this!
APf
Algeria?
**snicker**
GO SOUTH AFRICAN PACKERS GO!
California as France - explains alot...
take off, eh! how aboot dat dere. Beauty, eh? Pass me one of dem beers.
If New Jersey is Russia, does that make the Pine Barrens Siberia?
Another reason why we should not care what the world thinks about anything. They are simply not as significant as we are.
Russia = N.J. What could be more humiliating?
Bwahahahahaha! California becomes France.
Still LOL.
LOL! Hawaii = Nigeria!
That statement intrigued me, so I looked it up with respect to my own state. The country whose GDP it matches has 46 million people in it. My state has 1.5 million. Thirty to one.
Naturally the distribution of wealth across the population varies between the two as well, but I'll have to admit I'm a little stunned. BTT.
Way cool!
At least they got California correct.
Well we do have corrupt/authoritarian politicians, poor customer service and beautiful, yet trashy women. OF COURSE WE ARE RUSSIA! Why else do you think Lukoil is all over the place here?
Well we do have corrupt/authoritarian politicians, poor customer service and beautiful, yet trashy women. OF COURSE WE ARE RUSSIA! Why else do you think Lukoil is all over the place here?
.....we have better wine then France too.....*wink*
....LOL...calm down Phillipino.....*smirk*......
Going with your idea, my football team would be the Turkey Seahawks.
Cool...Canada is Texas but bigger :)
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