> GDP has some great features - it's relatively easy to measure, has more-or-less a standard agreed and universal method of measurement and it is quantitative.

> GDP has some great features - it's relatively easy to measure, has more-or-less a standard agreed and universal method of measurement and it is quantitative. None of these great features indicate that a larger GDP is in any way desirable. I don't think anyone argues against measuring GDP. The problem is when people implicitly assume a larger GDP is better.