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Is it more unreasonable to assume the value of these things is >0, or to assume that the value of these things is ==0? I don't think anybody is arguing that we
by epgui 4y ago
Is it more unreasonable to assume the value of these things is >0, or to assume that the value of these things is ==0?
I don't think anybody is arguing that we should stop measuring or looking at GDP entirely. The article argues that we need to recognize that we can't just close our eyes to the value of these things.
It's kind of like talking about the value of a human life in dollars. We know this number is more than 0$, and we know this number is less than __POSITIVE_INFINITY__$, and we're probably never really going to agree on a number somewhere in the middle, but it's still an important number to consider.
- nostromo 4y agoIt's more reasonable to say that determining the value of divorce is beyond the scope of GDP.
- epgui 4y ago
- ravel-bar-foo 4y ago> Did you really read the article? Please don't do this. It's against the rules, doesn't contribute any new insight, and the answer is plain from the conversation: they did. (Divorce stats being included into new metrics of economic health was specifically mentioned in the article and AFAICT not previously in the comments.)