Posted on 06/11/2007 6:45:35 PM PDT by LiberalBassTurds
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is a convenient way of measuring and comparing the size of national economies. Annual GDP represents the market value of all goods and services produced within a country in a year. Put differently:
GDP = consumption + investment + government spending + (exports – imports)
Although the economies of countries like China and India are growing at an incredible rate, the US remains the nation with the highest GDP in the world – and by far: US GDP is projected to be $13,22 trillion (or $13.220 billion) in 2007, according to this source. That’s almost as much as the economies of the next four (Japan, Germany, China, UK) combined.
The creator of this map has had the interesting idea to break down that gigantic US GDP into the GDPs of individual states, and compare those to other countries’ GDP. What follows, is this slightly misleading map – misleading, because the economies both of the US states and of the countries they are compared with are not weighted for their respective populations.
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Pennsylvania as Netherlands...Wow! “Storefront” women for rent???? Legal Drugs??? Pennsylvania...never!
Illinois being Mexico.
Interesting map, very interesting site. Thanks from a map nut.
You won’t see Japan or Germany on the map either since no single state would equal their gdp.
Nope, it had a name that sounded sort of like "Karaoke"! That's as close as I've got it. So, is there another Brazillian restaurant in the area?
Ipanema on West 46th between Fifth and Six. GREAT Caiprinhas, btw.
You mean for New Jersey?
Are you sure this isn’t the map after the immigration bill?
We are Australia, cool.
The map shows Nebraska as having the same GDP as the Cezch Republic.
This is all the more interesting when you consider that the estimated population of the Czech Republic is 10,228,744.
Nebraska has fewer than 2,000,000 people.
That is a pretty cool map. I see that I’m in Bangladesh. Maybe I’ll outsource myself.
Illinois = Mexico. How ironic.
Interesting—
Ah, so that's how the Russian was able to get away from Christopher and Paulie. He knew the area well.
Oooh,
New Hampshire...that’s gotta hurt. Bangladesh? Ouch.
Who Dey, mate!
Very cool!
I think it perfectly illustrates why we need to pay attention (good and/or bad) to China.
All those little pissant countries listed on that map can kiss our big American ass or make us some better trinkets if they want respect.
VERY INTERESTING.
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