Megan McArdle
America is in fact significantly richer than Europe, but America is rich in a bunch of less visible stuff. Our houses are bigger, with more furniture, electronics, air conditioning, etc. Our universities do more research and are more comfortable with lots of ancillary amenities
Porkchop Express
This pathetic GDP comparison just wouldn’t die. “some of our poorest states...are nicer places to live than Germany, France, or the UK” - only a retard who’s never lived outside of the US can write something to idiotic. This doesn’t reflect the distribution of wealth, median