@jwhandley17 Indeed, though Covid years is somewhat a strange period for comparison (e.g. less layouts in Europe?). Here's the same exercise over a longer period, using GDP per hour worked in ppp terms. Other grey curves are the remaining EU countries:

@spignal @TheEconomist The graph is misleading. 76k refers to US GDP per capita (ppp), not GDP over hours worked which is 90k. The chart compares productivity with gdp per capita which is not comparable. See

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