Google didn't happen in the US because the US is a big country.
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I heard Michael Heseltine describe the UK's as a medium-sized economy. Beneath it seemed to be the assumption that a medium-sized country would have a medium-sized economy. But the increasing leverage of technology + the mobility of those who create it could make that false.
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It would take some work to estimate x and y, but the right way to think about this question might be: If you could get the right x people to move to your country, you'd end up with y% of the world economy.
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there certainly is a linear relationship between the number of population and the size of the economy
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Post Brexit U.K halves it’s corporation tax = instant Silicon Valley As you say , tech companies are free to move anywhere Where better than London , now a tax haven with half the regulation of the EU
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Germany’s Population:Area:GDP at-scale is pretty hard to top. 85M:138Kmi^2:4.4TN, for Area:GDP at-scale, South Korea is impressive too, along with the UK.
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You’re right, but only if the medium-sized country has access to larger markets to which it can distribute the tech. The UK is currently trying to withdraw from such a market.
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Iceland has the most wealth per capita with only 248,000 adults. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult …
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Also, the fact that Australia and Sweden have much larger tech ecosystems, despite being a fraction of the size of the UK, shows size alone is not a good determinant.
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Classic example is Israel’s tech output
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