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WalterBright01/03/20263 repliesview on HN

See the graph "G7 Real GDP % change compared to pre-Pandemic level":

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02...

The US has 13.3% growth and Germany 0.1%.


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bojan01/04/2026

Two points:

1) GDP is, while very important, not the only measure of country's prosperity

And

2) how much of those 13.3% is being hoarded by a single-digit amount of companies?

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M95D01/03/2026

Because of AI and it's indirect effects, such as electricity demand.

mschuster9101/04/2026

> The US has 13.3% growth

Without the incestous web of the AI bubble, the US would actually be in a recession, especially due to the tariffs.

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