Quote Originally Posted by noel View Post
It was aimed at you, but I see what you're saying now.

It's interesting how different people see different things in data.
https://tradingeconomics.com/europea...gdp-per-capita
If you set it to "max" it shows the EU GDP per capita since the early 60s. To me it shows a steady unchanging rate of growth up to about 2007 then a sharp decline followed by a return to a similar rate of growth. Where's the slowing you see post-Maastricht?
The figures are in £s as opposed to %.

A £100 increase in the 70s was a lot more significant than a £100 now. If the graph was % per year it would be steeper at the front end and flatten off over time.

GDP figures are a bit of a blunt tool anyway. My household GDP is lower than it was 10 years ago, but my quality of life is better