I really don't understand the point of this criticism. Isn't GDP the best way we have of measuring the volume of work being done? If I exchange production of

I really don't understand the point of this criticism. Isn't GDP the best way we have of measuring the volume of work being done? If I exchange production of some craft for money in the bank and then exchange that money for some other product I fancy, we've not only moved the money around, but created real quantifiable new value through the production purchased. GDP - Gross Domestic Product. Producing things. That's what it's all about.