• basmati
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    1 month ago

    GDP, according to the economist that invented GDP, is not a measure of economic health

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      1 month ago

      That’s not the point, the point is we’re not in a recession as economists define recession (not how Joe Biden defines it).

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        That’s nice dear, reality isn’t what the government says it is, and has never been anywhere near anything an economist has ever said.