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I am skeptical of this article because I just looked up this data a month or so ago -- opened the UN's Excel document and everything -- and found that China had
by joelmichael 16y ago
I am skeptical of this article because I just looked up this data a month or so ago -- opened the UN's Excel document and everything -- and found that China had recently surpassed the US in manufacturing output.
Unfortunately I am limited to the iPhone right now, so can't re-investigate the data myself until later. I have no interest in diminishing the American economy nor in over-valuing the manufacturing sector, but facts are facts and I'm legitimately confused now.
- joelmichael 16y agoOK, I am back at my computer. My source is the following website, specifically the second link listed: http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/dnllist.asp http://unstats.un.org/unsd/snaama/dnllist.asp If you open that up, scroll down to the United States, go to the Manufacturing row, and scroll all the way over to the right (2009) you will find $1.78T dollars. If you search for China and do the same, you will find $2.05T. You may also note that China, with its high rate of growth, only first surpassed the US in 2008. The next highest country after China and the US is Japan with $1.05T. Edit: Interestingly, the corresponding spreadsheet for "2005 dollars" shows the US at $1.68T and China at $1.48T in 2009. Now I'm even more confused. Shouldn't the difference between 2005 and "current" dollars scale proportionately?