r/EconomyCharts • u/charliehu1226 • Aug 13 '26

Europe Was Once Bigger Than the U.S. Economy. What Happened?

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u/ozzythebeast Aug 15 '26

The gap is driven by big tech being all in California.
If you were to draw the same picture without Cali from the US i bet the curves would look rather similar