Stats can be manipulated any way you want . it's all in how they are used. An example

"Our workers are so ignorant and lack so many basic skills that American businesses spend $30 billion a year on remedial training (NYT, Dec. 12, 2004). No wonder they relocate elsewhere! "

How much of this remedial training is required by OSHA?

The US spanks the entire EU by every economic measure there is except depth of capital. There is still more old money and expensive real estate in Eourope than there is in the US.

American workers by every measure are the most productive in the world.