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>GDP is just a measurement of how much shit a country produces a year. No, it's a measure of much money goes through the economy, regardless if any "shit" is p
by FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>GDP is just a measurement of how much shit a country produces a year.
No, it's a measure of much money goes through the economy, regardless if any "shit" is produced there. Look at Ireland, Netherlands and Luxembourg or any other tax heaven.
- alephnerd 3y agoServices are production as well. Or are you saying that any dollars made selling software you wrote is useless?
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Services are production as well. In what fantasy universe? >Or are you saying that any dollars made selling software you wrote is useless? I never said anything about software. You're building your own strawmen at this point.
- alephnerd 3y ago> In what fantasy universe? By definition - https://data.oecd.org/gdp/gross-domestic-product-gdp.htm#:~:text=Gross%20domestic%20product%20(GDP)%20is,and%20services%20(less%20imports) https://data.oecd.org/gdp/gross-domestic-product-gdp.htm#:~:.... > I never said anything about software Software, Banking, Foreign shell companies holding all global profits, etc all fall under SERVICES.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoYou're answering to claims I haven't made and not the questions I asked.
- alephnerd 3y agoI'm pointing out that the definition you are using is fundamentally flawed, which completely undermines your point.
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoYou're pointing out that tax heavens produce products which is flawed. They don't produce anything, they're just middlemen and their balooned GDP reflects that.
- subtra3t 3y agoGenerally, goods and services are considered to be products. And their analogy to software wasn't in bad faith, software is a service (hence the term SaaS used for subscription based software, even though non subscription based software is also a service imo) and not a good.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>Generally, goods and services are considered to be products. False. Products are products, services are services. Product si a Macbook or video game I just bough which I can return, but I can't return the cleaning service the handyman just offered on site.
- subtra3t 3y agoCompletely incorrect. I shall quote the Wikipedia page for product [1]: "A service is also regarded as a type of product." [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_(business)