> i’m extremely skeptical of people’s ability to view the economy from on high and pick out the “good, productive gdp” and the “bad, makework gdp”. Maybe in ge

> i’m extremely skeptical of people’s ability to view the economy from on high and pick out the “good, productive gdp” and the “bad, makework gdp”. Maybe in general, but rent-seeking is a pretty large part of the economy by estimates I've seen.