Which Countries Match the GDP of U.S. Metro Areas? Rank U.S. MetropolitanArea GDP, 2010 Millions Equivalent Country by GDP, 2010 1 New York City $1,280,517 Australia 2 Los Angeles-Long Beach $735,743 Turkey 3 Chicago $532,331 Switzerland 4 Washington, D.C. $425,167 … read more >

Canadian columnist Neil Reynolds writing in the Globe and Mail: “The American war on drugs – or, more generically, the global war on drugs – can’t be won. The more intensely that governments wage it, the more certain is the … read more >

“People who live within their means are increasingly being forced to pay for people who didn’t live within their means — whether individual home buyers here or whole nations in Europe.” “Politicians can solve almost any problem — usually by … read more >