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[deleted] t1_j32xqle wrote

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pastdecisions t1_j33cn7z wrote

It's showing that the US has the largest amount of countries in the top 500.

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Inny-CA t1_j33nsy4 wrote

It doesnt necessarily indicate the country is dependent on large companies just that they produce more companies of high value. Like South Korea is 4% of the top 500 but 20% of SK GDP comes from Samsung alone indicating they are more reliant on large company(s).

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YakEvery4395 t1_j33txht wrote

True

So does it indicate anything interesting... ?

Having data is cool, knowing how to interpret it is cooler, which I failed

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Inny-CA t1_j33zlmt wrote

To me its interesting when you take population into account. Like Canada has a population of 35m but makes up 4%. Also the obvious one of USA having a population of 300m yet they make up almost half of the list.

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a_holzbaur t1_j354ny7 wrote

I also found it interesting that the US’s share of the top 10 companies (9/10) alone accounted for over $8t in value, or nearly 10% of the $81t in market value across over 7100 companies.

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[deleted] t1_j34lkj5 wrote

I think it's more an indication of the size of the US economy. If you looked at any list of 'publicly traded comapnies valued under X' the US would also probably lead that list as well.

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