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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/03/britain-economy-society https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/03/britai... "another respecte

by gspetr 2y ago

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/03/britain-economy-society https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/03/britai... "another respected data journalist, John Burn-Murdoch, calculated that without London, the UK would be poorer, in terms of GDP per capita, than even the poorest US state, Mississippi."

foldr 2y ago
Yes, it's true that the UK economy is very London-centric, but the original poster was talking about the UK as a whole vs the US as a whole. (The flip side of this is that the figures would look better if you compared London to a major US city.) None of this changes the fact that US software engineering salaries are a poor comparison to use to illustrate wealth disparities between the US and other countries, as they are an outlier.