[OC] History of how the U.S. economy outstripped the U.K. economy and how Brexit deepened the gapHolyGig t1_j8lsac3 wrote
The US outstripped the UK economy because it makes up the good chunk of an entire continent while the UK is the size of Michigan. A continent with a disgusting overabundance of natural resources and a massive population far larger than any other western nation I might add. Comparing US geographical advantages to those of the UK is like matching up an infant to fight Mike Tyson.
The US economy dwarfed the UK economy well before WWII, interested data but that war only accelerated the inevitable.
incraved t1_j8m56j2 wrote
This is per capita btw
amadmongoose t1_j8mc411 wrote
I kind of also feel that the comparison from start of graph until WW1 is not quite right to exclude the colonial possessions of the UK from the UK numbers (and likewise does US include or exclude historical and current colonial holdings like Philippines and Puerto Rico?). While it does work to compare economic output of the existing geographical areas ignoring colonialism also ignores the associated economic impacts
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