US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland

Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by philwelch on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:24PM (#21022477)

France is above the EU average. Probably more comparable to a large, above-average US state.

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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by TulliusCicero on Friday September 20, 2019 @01:58AM (#21023664)

France's GDP per capita is definitely lower than the US, by a substantial amount.

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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by Blackstone4 on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:19AM (#21023751)

But about the same in terms of GDP per capita per hour worked. It’s just that the French have a different approach to work life balance.

Also I think the average hides a wider disparity in the US.

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Re:US takes 'richest nation on earth' crown from Switzerland by thatfrenchguy on Friday September 20, 2019 @02:21PM (#21029736)

Look at the median, not the average :-). It's hard to put numbers on quality of life as well: what does the median American eat versus the median French person ? How many vacation do they take ? What does they work, commute, family look like ?

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