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Re: LQD: FT: Is GDP the wrong indicator? (4.00 / 2)
The whole idea is ridiculous, yet our economic discourse is dominated by these sorts of numbers. Unemployment is another area where the metric is broken. We've basically been designing policies with the aim of optimising numbers that make little sense.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Jan 28th, 2009 at 08:23:41 AM EST
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