[hollerith]

According to GPT, Poland (my pick because its GDP per cap is about the average for the former Warsaw Pact) received about $10,000 per person in foreign direct investment in recent years whereas during the same period, China received only about $1,900 per person.

[lenerdenator]

> in recent years

How about 25-35 years ago when the wave of globalization truly hit?

[hollerith]

You could look it up yourself. The figures I gave are the total current value of equities (stocks) held by foreign investors (divided by population). Since the value was zero in Poland in 1989 and very very low in China in 1989, GPT thought this would be a good way to estimate cumulative investment from then to now, but GPT also said there are figures available for investment inflows per year going back to 1989 that it could add up if I asked, but it guessed that such a calculation would only show investment into Poland in an even more comparatively favorable light.

https://chatgpt.com/share/6a1f4622-aea4-83e8-838a-0c3ac69b26...

[jrflowers]

>GPT thought

No it didn’t