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Re:Map: US States Renamed as Countries with Similar GDPs by coldtea on Thursday May 31, 2018 @01:27PM (#17198246)
If they're more or less the same, then assuming they're the same makes perfect sense.
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Re:Map: US States Renamed as Countries with Similar GDPs by mikeash on Thursday May 31, 2018 @04:12PM (#17199767)
That depends on how close “more or less the same” actually is. Within 10%? Sure. Within an order of magnitude? That would swamp the other difference.

I have no idea which way it is, but spinning lower GDP per worker as more efficient doesn’t make any sense to me.

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Re:Map: US States Renamed as Countries with Similar GDPs by coldtea on Friday June 01, 2018 @04:09AM (#17203479)
>spinning lower GDP per worker as more efficient doesn’t make any sense to me

Well, the GDP doesn't make any sense either. Busywork also increases the GDP.

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