Below is a plot of the economic center, geographically, for the past couple thousand years. The massive shift from 1820 to 1913 was thanks to the U.S., whereas the equally large shift from 2000 to 2025 was due to China.

Below is a plot of the economic center, geographically, for the past couple thousand years. The massive shift from 1820 to 1913 was thanks to the U.S., whereas the equally large shift from 2000 to 2025 was due to China.
