Besides the fact that people like Robert Solow say the same thing, I feel like this comment misses the point. It’s begging the question. It’s like pointing to

Besides the fact that people like Robert Solow say the same thing, I feel like this comment misses the point. It’s begging the question. It’s like pointing to people who are constantly trying to increase their salary as evidence that increasing your salary is necessary. When the measure becomes the target it ceases to be a good measure. To answer your question directly, Japan has had roughly the same GDP for nearly 30 years.