System D: Economic boats floating beneath the surface

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In 2011, China had a gross domestic product of $7.3 trillion dollars, second only to America’s $15 trillion GDP output — at least according to official data.

In 2011, System D had a GDP of $10 trillion, though that imposing figure is utterly unofficial, by definition.

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