I don't know about "ultimate", but it sure is a good example of one. In fairness though, if a politician stands at a stump and says, "see, I'm doing great with

I don't know about "ultimate", but it sure is a good example of one. In fairness though, if a politician stands at a stump and says, "see, I'm doing great with GDP", but it's because they've been serving the metric rather than the underlying principles, they're likely not going to be well received.