The GDP (i.e. “the economy”) is a measure of all goods & services produced and consumed. Even if someone is paycheck to paycheck or hand to mouth, this means le

The GDP (i.e. “the economy”) is a measure of all goods & services produced and consumed. Even if someone is paycheck to paycheck or hand to mouth, this means less goods and services they can make and consume. If this response was about crashing financial markets the blasé tone would be OK (ignoring that many retirees rely on pensions or bank accounts tied to financial markets). But this is about the entire economy.