Reminds me of that joke where two economists go walking in the woods, they see dog shit, one tells the other he will pay him $100 to eat the dog shit, which he does. Then they see more dog shit, the other tells the first one he will pay him $100 to eat the dog shit, which he does. Then one says "wait, we both just ate dog shit, I gave you $100, you gave me $100. We just ate dog shit for nothing?" Then the other says "we did something though. We increased the GDP of our country by $200."
Reminds me of that joke where two economists go walking in the woods, they see dog shit, one tells the other he will pay him $100 to eat the dog shit, which he does. Then they see more dog shit, the other tells the first one he will pay him $100 to eat the dog shit, which he does. Then one says "wait, we both just ate dog shit, I gave you $100, you gave me $100. We just ate dog shit for nothing?" Then the other says "we did something though. We increased the GDP of our country by $200."