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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by chillacy on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:25PM (#21022123)
This doesn't seem to account for debt, does anyone have stats on debt in Europe?
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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by pkaye on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:31PM (#21022163)
How about this. Household debt to disposable income. US seems to be in the middle.

https://data.oecd.org/hha/household-debt.htm

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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by monocasa on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:45PM (#21022236)
That's again average, not median.
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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by why_only_15 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:57PM (#21022311)
What does this mean? They talk about consumption of goods and services and while taking the debt might be included, the paying of the debt won't be.
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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by mc32 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:29PM (#21022151)
That’s a good point. I’d like to see that as part of the comparison as well.
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