> Emergent phenomena don't have "objectives", mate. GDP is a derived statistic. Either you are nitpicking (an economic system doesn't have goals ("objectives")

> Emergent phenomena don't have "objectives", mate. GDP is a derived statistic. Either you are nitpicking (an economic system doesn't have goals ("objectives") in the same way you do), or you're making a pretty strong claim here. If you try to do the latter, I would say you're wrong. Marx has written a good primer on the topic, which shows that the primary objective of capitalist society is capital accumulation.