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Re:France’s Message for Capitalism: Adapt or Die by ben_w on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @03:18PM (#19434571)
The EU has about the same GDP as the USA, despite half of it being former Soviet Union. Several member states beat the US by GDP/capita, despite (because?) 28 days minimum holiday.
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Re:France’s Message for Capitalism: Adapt or Die by nostromo on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @03:30PM (#19434732)
Both of these comparisons are silly.

> The EU has about the same GDP as the USA

But it has 60% more people.

> Several member states beat the US by GDP/capita

And several member US states beat the EU by GDP/capita...

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Re:France’s Message for Capitalism: Adapt or Die by dragonwriter on Tuesday March 19, 2019 @07:15PM (#19437148)
> despite half of it being former Soviet Union.

Latvia and Estonia are not half of the EU, by any reasonable measure.

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Re:France’s Message for Capitalism: Adapt or Die by ben_w on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @05:48AM (#19440471)
Yeah, I mistakenly thought Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union were synonyms. Oops.
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