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by relaxing 974 days ago
So the most productive workers in the world are.. those in Ireland?

I’d love to read a deep dive on how those numbers came to be.

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Ireland GDP is notoriously difficult because a lot of companies incorporate and book their EU profits in Ireland for tax purposes. https://www.politico.eu/article/ireland-gdp-growth-multinati...
Tax evasion.

Google creates Google Ireland to hold their IP, then Google Ireland "charges" Google Germany.

The problem is, that GDP doesn't stay in Ireland. It flows to the US.

That chart shows relative change since 2015, not current absolute productivity.