I don't really worry about the GDP too much. What worries me is that in US, lawyers/sports/movie-stars are such a fashion that those who are good at STEM are c

I don't really worry about the GDP too much. What worries me is that in US, lawyers/sports/movie-stars are such a fashion that those who are good at STEM are called nerds in school, that many college students can not do basic math nowadays, while China produces 8M college students per year, most are trained well in STEM. in the long run, STEM rules for the country, a strong country can not be built upon pop music and attorneys for too long, this is the real problem IMHO, the largest economy comes secondly. not to mention, Hispanics will lead the popular votes soon due to their birth rate, but that's a separate issue and I'm off-topic. The future here is gloomy, sadly, but it's normal when you zoom out the history timeline, strong countries come and go.