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> an advertising dollar doesn't disappear: it's paid to someone. Window breaking gangs could make a similar same claim about their activity boosting GDP might
by czl 2y ago
> an advertising dollar doesn't disappear: it's paid to someone.
Window breaking gangs could make a similar same claim about their activity boosting GDP might they not?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
- pests 2y agoSomeone used this window breaking analogy recently here on HN - I can't remember why it came up or who said it, but is this a common framing? I do remember it being about how a window maker paying people to break windows not being a productive contribution to GDP. Just thought it was curious seeing it again.