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US GDP has risen by more than 5 trillion since the year 2000 driven mostly by productivity improvements from tech. So we could already be doing it if we wanted
by drewrv 11y ago
US GDP has risen by more than 5 trillion since the year 2000 driven mostly by productivity improvements from tech. So we could already be doing it if we wanted to.
- eru 11y agoIs that in 2000 dollars?
- dllthomas 11y agoPer the numbers Wolfram Alpha is giving, the increase seems to be close to $8 trillion nominally, which amounts to something over $5 trillion in 2000 dollars. Edited to add: I wondered how much of this was population growth, and certainly there has been some but real GDP per capita has grown about $5k over that period.
- eru 11y agoThanks for looking into this!
- ConceptJunkie 11y agoI was skeptical of your claim, but in fact, 5 trillion is an underestimate: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=us+gdp http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=us+gdp