Or, looking at even tighter bounds of GDP per working-age person, today the US is at ~$82k/year, and Japan ~$64k/year -- a slightly larger gap. I prefer this me

Or, looking at even tighter bounds of GDP per working-age person, today the US is at ~$82k/year, and Japan ~$64k/year -- a slightly larger gap. I prefer this metric when talking about "the economy" in the sense that most people interact with it.