The Scale of the American Economy

    GDP of the top four national economies in the world (after the US), expressed as US regions by GSP.

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    2. svenwerk (52 months ago | reply)

      interesting.

    3. asecondhandconjecture (52 months ago | reply)

      I should add that the parentheses below each country name is how much additional money you'd have to add to each country's GDP to make it genuinely fit the US region assigned. The amount of money that's left over after plugging these countries in is roughly equal to the GDP of Russia, the 11th richest country in the world. That in itself is pretty amazing.

    4. twenty5pics (49 months ago | reply)

      true.... true....

    5. eatingorange (49 months ago | reply)

      In 10 years the outline of this map will be in the shape of China.

    6. PamRenovato (49 months ago | reply)

      Boy that is an eye opener!

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    7. fslharthy (49 months ago | reply)

      ya its true!

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    8. minute107 (49 months ago | reply)

      Wow. saw it at music.epicureforum.com and I think our debt is even more massive than that lets on.

    9. asecondhandconjecture (42 months ago | reply)

      @Flickr18 Japan does indeed have the world's 2nd largest economy, but Japan's GDP in 2006 was $4.218 trillion, while the United States had $13.13 trillion. 2nd place is just very far behind the US. If you add up the GSP of the Northeastern states above for 2006, you will find that Japan's GDP will still be less than them. Hence my note beneath the name "(+40 billion)" You'd have to add forty billion dollars to get Japan's economy to equal those states.

      And I agree, it's hard to believe. The scale of the American economy is enormous. Which is the point of this graphic of course, to put it into perspective.

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