France/Germany can still be said to be falling behind in this graph - but super interesting to see anyway. I think part of the explanation is that the finance

France/Germany can still be said to be falling behind in this graph - but super interesting to see anyway. I think part of the explanation is that the finance and high-tech sectors are way overvalued in money, and they shift the balance massively. This "inflates" the GDP in the U.S. This has basically been a conscious policy in the U.S. - "quantitative easing".