80 Years of GDP

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GDP Landscape – 1929-2008
(as % of whole)

Government – Atmosphere	World – Sky
Private – Mountain	Personal – Ocean

That dip is government spending during World War II.

And now again, in unnecessary pie chart format…

[Source: BEA]

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