> higher GDP per capita than most of continental Europe I once read that the cost of university alone in the US explains a large part of this difference. (I c

> higher GDP per capita than most of continental Europe I once read that the cost of university alone in the US explains a large part of this difference. (I cannot evaluate that claim, as I am not a trained economist.) In many European countries (there are 50!), university is nearly free, when compared the the extortionary rates in the US. > increasingly hilarious US-euro monetary exchange rate I have seen this on HN a few times in similar reactionary screed. If you look at the USD/EUR FX rate since 2015, it is pretty stable at 1.10.