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Re:Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To ... by anigbrowl on Monday March 15, 2010 @03:31AM (#1192353)
By volume, yes, but perhaps that's not the best metric. See http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?sto... for a more meaningful comparison, although I agree that rumors of the manufacturing sector's demise have been greatly exaggerated.
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Re:Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To ... by enjo on Monday March 15, 2010 @03:52AM (#1192378)
I'm having trouble finding the chart, but we're also the largest in terms of percentage of GDP. That's a measurement I strongly prefer.
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Re:Why The U.S. Economy Is Dying And Is Simply Not Going To ... by mpf62 on Monday March 15, 2010 @05:10AM (#1192506)
According to CIA World Factbook, you're not the largest in terms of percentage of GDP. At least Germany, Japan, Italy and even Switzerland rank better in that metric.

All of these single-metric comparisons are flawed. E.g. the world largest manufacturer? In comparison to what? Germany, a country with a labor force that is over 3 times smaller than the labor force in the US?

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

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