15 July 2014 | 51 comments (51 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: How to improve the GDP (none / 0)

"better reflecting the economic environment,"

Let's re-arrange that to:

" reflecting a better economic environment,"

Considering all the skullduggery advocated and subsidised by the Pars-dat-be, it makes a sort of horrid sense.

Certainly in Italy large chunks of the government and the Mafia are indistinguishable.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Jul 15th, 2014 at 09:18:48 AM EST
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Re: How to improve the GDP (none / 0)

From the NYT article:

Still, Mr. Oneto said his agency would not go so far as to include one of the biggest possible economic enhancers -- business conducted by the Italian mob, which is thought to generate around €180 billion in annual revenue, equal to about 7 percent of Italy's G.D.P. "The mafia is too difficult to pin down," he said.

by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Tue Jul 15th, 2014 at 09:34:29 AM EST
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15 July 2014 | 51 comments (51 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)