According to John McCain you can tell that the fundamentals of our economy are strong because we’re “the most innovative, the most productive, the greatest exporter, the greatest importer.”
But as Paul Krugman points out it’s not true Germany exports more than does the United States even though the USA is a considerably larger country. That’s okay — economic policy isn’t a game whereby the goal is to win the “biggest exporter” prize — but if McCain wants to talk about this stuff, he should say something that’s true.
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