America is Very Rich. What Do We Spend Our Money On?

<p>I don&rsquo;t know if you realize just how much richer Americans are than other rich people around the world.</p> <p>We talk a lot about the ways in which the American economy is broken &mdash; and it is broken in a bunch of ways. People on both sides of the political spectrum seem to fervently believe that something is critically wrong with our economy.</p> <p>But by many measures, America&rsquo;s economy has gained ground on most of the rest of the &ldquo;rich&rdquo; world, despite the way things may feel. A&nbsp;<a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/04/13/the-lessons-from-americas-astonishing-economic-record" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">recent</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.economist.com/briefing/2023/04/13/from-strength-to-strength" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">set</a>&nbsp;of articles in the&nbsp;<em>Economist</em>&nbsp;laid out the math, which I found pretty surprising:</p> <p><a href="https://worldhistory.medium.com/america-is-very-rich-what-do-we-spend-our-money-on-6ca57fc7a6b7"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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