If you compare the GDP per capita of Alabama with Bavaria, Germany they are approximately the same. I'd contend you would be insane to think Bavaria was in anyw

If you compare the GDP per capita of Alabama with Bavaria, Germany they are approximately the same. I'd contend you would be insane to think Bavaria was in anyway poorer than Alabama -- in any respect. All this does is exposes how over dependent we've become on GDP as a metric. Probably time to start using multiple measures to make meaningful comparisons.