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    11 hours ago

    GDP doesn’t measure how well an economy is working. It doesn’t show you wealth inequality, for example.

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        9 hours ago

        Se need something that considers wealth distribution

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          9 hours ago

          I’m replying to a thread about Biden arguing that GDP shouldn’t be the only indicator of economic health, but if we’re dogmatically looking at GPD, GDP is not in a classic “recession” territory.