Economy Shmeconomy

This website is a ranking of the world’s economies by GDP. It’s a useful resource for keeping the world in perspective. The next time you hear a news report about the “faltering” US economy, for example, remember that the American economy (ranked top in the world at over $10 trillion) is bigger than the next four combined (Japan, Germany, UK and France). What’s really interesting is that both Luxembourg and Norway have larger per capita GDPs than the USA!

Also interesting is that poor little Tuvalu, with a GDP worth a mere $14 million, is actually poorer than the Vatican!

Canada, meanwhile, has the world’s 8th largest economy, but in terms of per capita GDP is barely richer than either Qatar or the Vatican.

What does all this mean? Who the fuck knows.