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		ghm2180 81 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Boom, bubble, bust, boom. Why should AI be differe... But this only addresses the supply side. The demand side has to be buying those two cars. The 1 person country car that one or two car would need to be bought by someone else there is no GDP consumption recorded

didibus 81 days ago [–]

GDP doesn't measure the consumption side, it's just measuring production.

That's why in my 1 person country example, GDP still goes up, nobody has to buy the cars.

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