Originally Posted by
Hawaii50
When your'e the largest economy in the nation and fifth largest in the world, you get to set your own rules, for better or worse.
Their actual productive economy isn't quite that large... they get to claim credit for all of the money that flows through the SFO and LA financial centers. Also revenue from big tech. That's not the same as producing useful goods and services, more about controlling stuff that other people use. They also have a large service economy due to having a lot of people.