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>>blago+(OP)
Tech companies in general and Amazon specifically seem scared to death of unionization. I think Amazon's actions in this matter are going to backfire tremendously.

>>ipsoca+qv
...and anyone who's had to work with a union can understand why.

>>koheri+mJ
You mean like, most of the companies in Europe?

>>jhaywa+ZJ
Europe, which has a per-capita GDP ~1/3 lower than the US.

>>mroset+9M
This didn't pass the smell test, and sure enough Monaco, Norway, Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland, all have higher per capita GDPs. Denmark, Sweden, Austria, and Finland are in the same ballpark or a little lower. Germany and Belgium are lower, but still above 1/3 lower.

UK and France are ~1/3 lower. Italy and Spain are ~50% lower.

>>Pfhrea+vN
Not making any causal claims about unions, but using the OECD numbers[1]:

(USGDPPC - EU28GDPPC) / AVERAGE(USGDPPC, EU28GDPPC) = 0.338

So the comment you're replying to was correct, for at least one plausible definition of "1/3 lower than the US".

As for the countries you mentioned:

Monaco: < 1 square mile, not reproducible in a larger country

Norway: Giant oil reserves / tiny population, not reproducible without that

Switzerland: Valid

Ireland: GDP numbers shouldn't be taken at face value because tax laws[2] encourage corporations to attribute EU-wide revenues to Ireland. Reported GDP per capita is 135% of the US value, but 2016 median household income[3] was only 87% of the US value[4]. This cuts both ways, though - other EU countries should have their estimates nudged upwards.

Iceland: 92% of US GDP per capita[1]

Denmark: 91% of US GDP per capita[1]

Sweden: 86% of US GDP per capita[1]

Austria: 91% of US GDP per capita[1]

Finland: 79% of US GDP per capita[1]

UK: 75% of US GDP per capita[1]

France: 74% of US GDP per capita[1]

Italy: 68% of US GDP per capita[1]

Spain: 65% of US GDP per capita[1]

EU (all 28 countries): 71% of US GDP per capita[1]

[1] https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=PDB_LV

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Irish_arrangement

[3] https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-gpii/geog...

[4] https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publicatio...