What’s the GDP of Harry Potter?

by Mathew on July 6, 2007 · Comments

from Paul Kedrosky comes this interesting factoid:

  • economic value of Harry Potter (books and movies): $7.2-billion
  • gross domestic product of Afghanistan: $7.2-billion

Of course, as a commenter notes on Paul’s blog, the Afghan number would be significantly higher if revenue from the heroin trade were included.

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