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But it increases GDP! Yay!

• astrange 4y ago
  It doesn't increase GDP if they get less productive.
  • gridspy 4y ago
    Many things increase GDP without being good. For instance Oil spills increase GDP as suddenly a bunch more (cleanup) work is being done and paid for.
    • mcguire 4y ago
      There's an old joke about an "economic hero" being a wealthy man going through an ugly divorce while dying of cancer.
    • hackeraccount 4y ago
      see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window