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Re: You win some.
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Originally posted by Four Fingers
Europe's economy, by comparision, is sleeping. Sweden's annual growth is less than 3%. Belgium GDP growth is only a tiny bit above 2%.
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In the nations you mentioned the GDP is calculated a bit different than in the US. So it is not so easy to compare them. But still the US GDP is not bad 
But as Locobot said, you should also look at other numbers. The number of people living in povetry has risen from 2001 to 2002:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html
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