the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the US is now nearly 2X

Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by badpun on Monday July 17, 2023 @05:09PM (#36764131)

The stats look much better if you compare the number of hours worked. When accounting for that, US is at the level of Scandinavian countries. Obviously, Spain is still seriously lagging.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by monero-xmr on Monday July 17, 2023 @05:13PM (#36764199)

OK, well how about we compare New England to Europe? Or just Connecticut and Massachusetts?

If you start cutting out this and that country from the EU then you need to cut out Mississippi and Idaho from the US. People always compare the US holistically but conveniently pick and choose which part of the Eurozone they want when it benefits their argument.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by fvdessen on Monday July 17, 2023 @05:30PM (#36764376)

Materially, the USA is better off, that’s for sure, but in the west we’re well past the point where being better materially means having a better quality of life.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by badpun on Monday July 17, 2023 @05:29PM (#36764357)

Finland and Sweden and Denmark are countries though, just like US or say Mexico.

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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by monero-xmr on Monday July 17, 2023 @06:06PM (#36764720)

So we should not make any comparison to the US and the EU? Massachusetts has a larger population than Norway.

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