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An image that maps each state in the Union to its counterpart in GDP, showing the formidable economic power of the United States.

Upon checking in to a hotel a few days ago. I arrived in the dead of night, and the night clerk was reading a slim volume with an attractive cover. I eyed it while we went through brief formalities, and then asked about it. An Atlas of Radical Cartography: turns out that I know the editor, if slightly, through Lize Mogel's excellent map of green space in Los Angeles. I spotted this map several years ago on a bus shelter near the Farmers Market at Third and Fairfax, and subsequently obtained a copy.