World Cup into America 250 is shaping up to be a Gorbachev in the supermarket moment

You could be right. Smug eurotrash still think they are on economic par with the US and can lecture us on energy policy, immigration and free healthcare.

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Those people have never looked at GDP in their lives, or they would see that the POOREST US state has a higher GDP than the RICHEST Euro country.

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You crack up because you’re retarded. This isn’t true.

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This always cracks me up. Those people have never looked at GDP in their lives, or they would see that the POOREST US state has a higher GDP than the RICHEST Euro country.

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They will unironically call us a 3rd world country. Its laughable.

Poli board “our major cities are cesspools filled with crime and unlivable”



Also Poli board “look at these euro twitters they realize that their news lies to them about how unlivable America is ”

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You crack up because you’re retarded. This isn’t true.

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https://www.euronews.com/business/2025/01/03/the-poorest-us-state-rivals-germany-gdp-per-capita-in-the-us-and-europe

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Which is why we should be state sponsor running guns to the right wing groups in all of Europe

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we tried that before and they didn't learn anything

I shudder to think what will happen if they end up in up in the middle of a 'teen takeover'

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Those people have never looked at GDP in their lives, or they would see that the POOREST US state has a higher GDP than the RICHEST Euro country.

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America wins the GDP argument, but it’s not nearly so cut and dried as you indicate. There is a current argument about this summarized below:

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Krugman’s Core Argument

The Tech Sector Distortion: Krugman argues that U.S. GDP outperformance is almost entirely driven by the tech/IT sector, which has seen massive surges in productivity.

Globalized Benefits: Because this tech productivity has largely resulted in sharply falling prices (deflation) rather than higher wages, those consumer benefits are shared globally through trade—meaning Europeans get to enjoy cheaper tech without needing to produce it themselves.

The PPP Finding: Krugman highlights that when comparing the EU and U.S. economies using current PPP, Europe's output per hour has remained virtually flat relative to America's over the last two decades. Therefore, Europe’s material standard of living and purchasing power have not materially declined.

The Critics' Counter-Argument

A wave of economists (including Philippe Aghion, Antonin Bergeaud, and Luis Garicano) has strongly pushed back on Krugman's thesis, citing several major flaws in his reasoning:

Flawed PPP Metric: Critics argue Krugman is incorrectly using current Purchasing Power Parity to compare productivity over time. They argue using real productivity metrics or constant base-year PPPs shows a growing and substantial U.S. lead.

Hours Worked Differences: Krugman points out that America's higher per-capita GDP is partially because Americans work more. Critics argue that for this to be a primary European defense, Americans would need to work more than Europeans today than they did in 2000, yet the reverse is true.

Walking vs. Driving Test: Critics like Edward Conard argue that conventional data and visible material wealth (e.g., extensive modern housing construction and generational salaries) show that America is pulling ahead in material wealth, and we should trust the "driving around test" over isolated PPP math.

Future Risks: Critics warn that by falling behind at the tech and innovation frontier, Europe is putting its future long-term economic well-being at severe risk

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He should have said largest instead of richest. Point still stands.

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No, the point doesn’t stand, because his statement is incorrect. No if, and, or but about it.

Germany has a GDP of roughly $4.5 trillion. Mississippi has a GDP of around $150 billion.

$150 billion is not more than $4.5 trillion.

You cited an article about per capita GDP. Fine, but that’s a different statement than the one that I quoted. Again, words are important. They mean things.