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Takeaway? Sophisticated French actually play a LOT of video games, just like ‘fat, stupid’ Americans

January 9, 2012 By Kathy Shaidle

I’ll let experts analyze the “productivity” aspect.

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But G.D.P. per capita (an insufficient indicator, but one most economists use) in the U.S. is nearly 50 percent higher than it is in Europe. Even Europe’s best-performing large country, Germany, is about 20 percent poorer than the U.S. on a per-person basis (and both countries have roughly 15 percent of their populations living below the poverty line).

While Norway and Sweden are richer than the U.S., on average, they are more comparable to wealthy American microeconomies like Washington, D.C., or parts of Connecticut — both of which are actually considerably wealthier.

(And all are awfully white, no?)

A reporter in Greece once complained after I compared her country to Mississippi, America’s poorest state.

She’s right: the comparison isn’t fair.

The average Mississippian is richer than the average Greek.

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