Provincial amateurs. Don't have to look as far as US: every municipality, region and the federal gov't in Russia is doing the same but with more skill and elega

Provincial amateurs. Don't have to look as far as US: every municipality, region and the federal gov't in Russia is doing the same but with more skill and elegance. Speaking of which, any official GDP statistic is probably a number with zero significant digits. Figuring out what the off-the-grid money flows are is a difficult and personally reckless task, and there's a million reasons to suspect a great deal of artistic licence in any above-ground records.