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JumpCrisscross on Oct 28, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Charts That Scare Wall Street

The % of GDP invested chart gave me pause [1].

Silicon Valley'a bedrock was laid when we invested 12¢ of every dollar of GDP. Now we're down to 4¢.

[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-27/these-are-...

kitd on Oct 28, 2016 [–]

There was a very good article in the London Times a week ago (paywalled sadly) which highlighted the consequences of low investment / GDP. The UK hasn't been that high in that regard for a few decades now, but it is expected to drop post-Brexit.

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