The US alone produced roughly half of world output in 1945.

Evidence

Not only did the the United States emerge as the hegemonic capitalist power, but by the end of World War II its levels of accumulation were already far greater than Britain or France had ever enjoyed even at the height of the colonial period; in 1945, it alone accounted for roughly half the world’s output. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 99

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US financial-military hegemony structured the postwar Fordist world economy — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity: An…, 825

Broader Connections

• US financial-military hegemony structured the postwar Fordist world economy #corroborates (0.75) — David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity, 825