Calfornia as a world economy

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Just read in the Chronicle last week that Italy was the 5 largest economy in the world. I've heard that California is 5th or 6th in the world (if it was a seperate country). USA is first, Japan, Germany,Britain? What about Fran

-- Craig Smith (palmedo@aol.com), May 15, 2001

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Craig California has slipped somewhat. It is 'only' the 7th largest economy in the world. A fact the president might keep in mind when dealing with the energy crisis.

-- Jay Archibald (jbird2@jps.net), May 19, 2001.

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