[lesuorac]

Are you also making the claim that the EU lags behind the US in growth?

Otherwise that seems like a non-sequitur.

If you are, it seems that US's advantage [2] is just sheer number of people since the growth/capita is the same [1].

[1]: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG?locat... [2]: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG?locat...