Thanks GD.
Btw, for some reason, your link wasn’t going to the correct page. Here it is again - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
Thanks for posting that link. Some interesting numbers and information to digest there. I would have never guessed FL’s economy is the same size as Indonesia, a country that is so blessed with natural resources. Of course, they also have lots of Muslims there so that may explain a lot of that country’s underachievement.
The map in that wiki page reiterates what I’ve been telling colleagues and friends for the last 20 years - it’s a fool who underestimates the power of the U.S. economy.
Pax Americana baby!
“Btw, for some reason, your link wasn’t going to the correct page. Here it is again -
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)";
Thanks for the corrected link.
Like you, I detest/hate the liberal politics in California. However, as a resident since the early 70’s with a MBA, I know how powerful this economy has been and will be.
In spite of the enviro whackos and anti business lefties, California’s diverse economy continues to produce and will.
The wine industry and its successes from just south of the Oregon border to the Santa Barbara area is an incredible economic power.
The upscale restaurants have located near those top end vineyards/winemakers and have made California a top bucket list of foodies around the round. That increases the demand for upscale lodging and homes in those areas. This increases the price of homes. The Chinese, refugees from Houston, LA and NYC are willing to bid on homes in these areas and drive prices up and up.
Stanford, Cal Poly and Cal Tech are leaders in today’s education demands for our growing hi tech world and real engineers not PC snowflake idiots with instant unemployment degrees in LGBT and third world studies.
These universities and Silicon Valley industries look for future students/employees at the math Olympiads and Olympiad of the Mind events where grade school to high school achievers compete. Those selected will drive the California economy even higher when they become producers.