Well while the pile of shit makes it a joke, isn't there a real advantage here of legibility? Like you have a measure (GDP) and it can't accurate measure thing

Well while the pile of shit makes it a joke, isn't there a real advantage here of legibility? Like you have a measure (GDP) and it can't accurate measure things unless a sale occurs. So even if the money is a wash there was an actual activity occurring in the economy and now it's recorded.