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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 Dec 2014

    The US overtook the UK as GDP leader in 1880. We better hope the US doesn't stagnate the way the UK did.http://goo.gl/ybWiwo 

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      2. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 7 Dec 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @BrettArends the UK didn't stagnate. It just had fewer people

        13 replies 4 retweets 27 likes
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 Dec 2014
        Replying to @benedictevans

        @BenedictEvans No. What happened to the British aircraft and computer industries was not a consequence of being a smaller country.

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg they only fell behind 75 years later. UK aviation was cutting edge into the 1950s, competing maybe longer

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 Dec 2014
        Replying to @benedictevans

        @BenedictEvans Cutting edge technically. Not economically. That was the problem.

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      6. Benedict Evans‏Verified account @benedictevans 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg My point is, US overtook UK because it industrialised too, and had far more people, not because of stagnation, inefficiency etc

        7 replies 1 retweet 8 likes
      7. Naveen Palli‏ @naveenpalli 7 Dec 2014
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        1895-1950, the US was anywhere from two to four times as productive as the UK http://www.ggdc.net/maddison/maddison-project/conferences/2010-11/maddison_conference_nov2010_woltjer_dejong.pdf … @BenedictEvans @paulg

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      1. Harry Heymann‏ @harryh 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg Not a coincidence that this is the same time that the US population overtook the UK population.

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      1. Steven Sinofsky‏Verified account @stevesi 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg @BenedictEvans in inflation adjusted terms I think both us and uk gdp/capita are up ~3x since 1950 or so.

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      1. Geoffrey Woo  🇺🇸‏Verified account @geoffreywoo 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg @BrettArends Corollary: Entrepreneurs need to have a China strategy earlier and earlier, if not China first.

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      1. Patrick Bishop‏ @paddybishop 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg what do you define as stagnate?! per capita figures would help the comparison here!!

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      1. tommyjensen‏ @tommyjensen 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg that is a meaningless statistic, it only ends up talking about the size of the country, not the productivity of its people.

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      1. vijaygkg‏ @vijaygkg 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg the U.S needs to get rid of laws giving tax breaks to those establishing businesses elsewhere,no?

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      2. Rob Knight‏ @rob_knight 7 Dec 2014
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        @paulg @anishmohammed I would be surprised if 80%+ of the US declared independence from the remainder!

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      3. Anish Mohammed‏ @anishmohammed 7 Dec 2014
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        “@rob_knight: @paulg @anishmohammed I would be surprised if 80%+ of the US declared independence from the remainder!” <don't know to comment

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      2. Oliver Rivers‏ @maxrothbarth 7 Dec 2014
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg Ha. But China may have same adv v US as US did re UK, no legacy infrastructure from earlier wave of industrialisation.

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      3. Bruno Morency‏ @brunomorency 7 Dec 2014
        Replying to @maxrothbarth

        @maxrothbarth I'd say the new ruling class defending status quo is the bigger stop to further growth, not legacy infrastructure @paulg

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