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Americans Say China Now World's Largest Economy

Jan. 31, 2011

China now has the world's biggest economy, at least according to 47% of the U.S. adult population.

In a Pew Research survey earlier this month, nearly half of all respondents incorrectly named China as being the world's top economic power.

For the record, according to the World Bank, China's economy is about one-third the size of the U.S.

It seems the President was right in saying education - both childhood and adult- should be at the top of our list of national priorities

About the Author

Andrew R. Thomas Blog | Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business

Andrew R. Thomas, Ph.D., is associate professor of marketing and international business at the University of Akron; and, a member of the core faculty at the International School of Management in Paris, France.

He is a bestselling business author/editor, whose 23 books include, most recently, American Shale Energy and the Global Economy: Business and Geopolitical Implications of the Fracking Revolution, The Customer Trap: How to Avoid the Biggest Mistake in Business, Global Supply Chain Security, The Final Journey of the Saturn V, and Soft Landing: Airline Industry Strategy, Service and Safety.

His book The Distribution Trap was awarded the Berry-American Marketing Association Prize for the Best Marketing Book of 2010. Another work, Direct Marketing in Action, was a finalist for the same award in 2008.

Andrew is founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Transportation Security and a regularly featured analyst for media outlets around the world.

He has traveled to and conducted business in 120 countries on all seven continents.