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Japan's per-capita GDP did surpass that of the USA for a while and it is plausible (mathematically speaking) for it to do so again:

https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=japan+gdp+%2F+japan+po...



Per-capita GDP does not matter in the power contest. There are countries that have GDP/capita twice the size of US's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nom...


Luxembourg does not count, has never counted and will never count. Therefore this evidence is inadmissible. I thank you !




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