oh, sorry -- didn't mean to imply EU/Europe distinction.

don't believe accounting for the UK makes a difference here. (Will pull up real numbers before talking more out of my ass)

: quickl googles give me Europe total GDP of about 

29-30trn range. (I wonder how much of that is healthy growth in Eastern European countries)
... and 

econ

The UK Was Richer than the US on a Per Capita Basis as Recently as 2007

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oh, sorry -- didn't mean to imply EU/Europe distinction. 

don't believe accounting for the UK makes a difference here. (Will pull up real numbers before talking more out of my ass)

_edit_: quickl googles give me Europe total GDP of about $28trn, with U.S. in the $29-30trn range. (I wonder how much of that is healthy growth in Eastern European countries)
... and _this_ is pretty insane: 

![](https://m.stacker.news/112631)

https://econofact.org/factbrief/fact-check-has-the-economic-gap-between-europe-and-the-united-states-increased-in-the-past-decade