An expanded New Jersey could be a major world power (JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN)

An expanded New Jersey could be a major world power (JEFF EDELSTEIN COLUMN)

Sometimes you see a stat that kind of blows your mind, and this is one of them. New Jersey’s GDP — its gross domestic product, which is simply the total value of all goods and services produced within the state per year — is nearly $850 billion. This, according to the  U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. While that number basically means nothing to me, know this: If New Jersey were its own country — the Republic of Fuggedaboutit — we would be the …