• Infamousblt [any]
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    3 months ago

    Tomorrow's Headline: IMF announces new metric for defining the size of the economy. This metric removes all industries that actually build things and instead only includes the financial industry.

    • Rom [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      A measurement based entirely on student loan and medical debt, and sales of guns and child-crushing pickup tricks.

    • moujikman
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      3 months ago

      They just happen to publish a new System of National Accounts (SNA) every time this happens. Last time it was to put more emphasis on R&D.

    • Palacegalleryratio [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      Turns out the only valid™ measure of the economy, is the total citizens medical debt.

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    • Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 months ago

      So, the unadjusted GDP per capita and the inflation metrics that don't include essential spending then?