The graph of Real Per capita GDP shows an even more dramatic drop. Comparing the peak and trough, we find that approximately each American lost $3,000 a year during this recession.
With a short lag, the unemployment rate rose from 4.4% in March 2007 to 10% in October 2009. Holding the labor force constant, such an increase would imply a drop in employment of roughly 5% or about 1 out of 20 people losing their jobs during this period.
Figure 7: Unemployment Rate, U.S., 1999: M1O2015: M8 Source: US. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Some academics, such as Calomiris (2008) from Columbia Business School and Representative Jim Leach claimed that the repeal of the GlassCSteagall Act actually helped to stabilize the economy and even reduced the loss
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Chinese people must be quite excited to see the two charts. However, the real GDP and its growth rate may reasonably reflect the two countries’ economy but is not a proxy for the quality of life. To make that comparison, we have to take into account the respective population and therefore analyze per capita GDP, or the Wealth of a Nation.
Figure 10: Real Per Capita GDP, U.S. and China, Difference, 1960O2010, 2005 U.S. Dollars
Source: United States: World Bank. China: University of Pennsylvania.
From Figure 10, it is clear that the gap kept increasing despite the reform until 2007, when the Great Recession almost destroyed the United States financial system. Figure 11: Real Per Capita GDP Growth Rate Gap between U.S. and China, 1961O2009
Source: Ibid.
The gap graph in Figure 11 shows that China has been catching up recently, as the rate gap is negative. But China needs to continue to grow even faster in order to catch up with the United States standard of living.
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Until recently when I finished the military service in 2017, my interest in China was minimal. The first thing that came up in my mind when I thought of China was its Communist Party and how it supported North Korea during the Korean War. Thus, the sentiment I had towards China was fairly negative. Furthermore, I always considered China as a developing nation whose standard of living is far lower than South Korea and that it is far lagging behind.
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This paper was prepared for GD530 Economics and the International System, taught by Professor Snow
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