Re:Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing
by Armisael16 on Monday March 06, 2023 @02:24PM
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The US is top 10 in PPP gdp per capita, and almost all of the states that are higher up are either tiny oil and gas states (eg Qatar, Brunei, Kuwait) or small states that focus on financial services for much larger areas (Luxembourg and Ireland for the EU, Singapore for the indopacific).
Seriously, the highest population in any state with a higher GDP per capita than the US is the UAE.
#1? Maybe not, but it's certainly pretty close in any useful discussion.
Do you know if the petro state per capita figures include the migrant/indentured workers employed there?
Re:Alaska’s Fisheries Are Collapsing
by Armisael16 on Monday March 06, 2023 @03:44PM
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Per capita figures do include full-time residents, even migrant workers. They do not capture international commuters (most relevant for Luxembourg, which gets something like half its workforce from neighbors).
The US economy is more focused on fossil fuels and finance than Ireland which easily beats the US in terms of PPP per capita.
Which is amusing as you’re making a true Scotsman argument around the percentage of oil and financial services that should count. Remove them from all metrics and the US’s position is still far from #1.
Per capita we’re still doing ok but far from #1.