Jordi Palafox, a specialist in economic history, reminded us in an article that the negative relative evolution of Valencian GDP per inhabitant in recent decades is exceptional. In the 130 years prior to 1990, there has been no other period in which the loss of relative position has been so continuous or so intense. The latest regional accounting data announced that Asturias had overtaken us in terms of GDP per capita, and we were no longer above the perennial laggards of Andalusia, Extremadura, the Canary Islands and Murcia.