> GDP growth is a positive metric, so economists want it to be positive. That's different from them wanting number to go up for the sake of numbers going up. W

> GDP growth is a positive metric, so economists want it to be positive. That's different from them wanting number to go up for the sake of numbers going up. Wanting something to go up for the sake of going up is how outsiders without the same ideological perspective view it. I was literally just trying to answer the question I don't understand why people are so pedantic on here