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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by mpweiher on Saturday June 12, 2021 @10:18AM (#27484673)
How is this "misleading"?

We want the poorer countries to get richer faster in order to close the gap. Accomplishing precisely this is a large part of EU policy. And it is working.

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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by aapl88888 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @05:33AM (#27491152)
If the US had its eastern part communist, it too would have a higher average GDP from decades ago. It is basic economics.
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Re:Europe is now a corporate also-ran. Can it recover its fo... by mpweiher on Sunday June 13, 2021 @07:39AM (#27491706)
GDP per capita in the US ranges from $200k (DC) to $38K (MI).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories...

Lots of ways to catch up there as well.

And that doesn't change the fact that that is the actual data, nothing "misleading" about it.

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