In the pure gold standard era without quantitative easing, America's per capita GNP approaches $5,500.
While the Empire, even excluding poor Poland from statistics, lags more than 10 years behind at around $4,000, but.
Through all this vast and numerous information, there's one conclusion I want to draw.
Has the Empire truly surpassed the United States?
Objectively, individual lives may not be as good as that country enriched by the Great War, but comparing state to state, we hold the advantage.
'Must consider that we've surpassed them.'
Britain fell behind us entering the 20th century, and we've even surpassed America who became nouveau riche from the war.
Looking back through each number anew, it seems my life hasn't been in vain.
Perhaps Kokovtsov, being closer to practical affairs than me, feels this emotion even more.
"You can be proud. All this was achieved by Witte and you."
