tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post8535740482625354852..comments2024-03-25T15:31:12.151-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #248 / Destroying Our WorldGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-70310077492426057912014-09-04T20:49:11.988-07:002014-09-04T20:49:11.988-07:00According to our present way of measuring economic...According to our present way of measuring economic activity, it's all to the good. Building buildings, building bombs, delivering bombs, cleaning up destroyed buildings and building new buildings... all contribute to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). That's good, right? Someone makes money from all of that. That's good, right? War is good for the economy. Arms sales are good for the economy. Construction is good for the economy.<br /><br />What's wrong with this picture?<br /><br />http://www.demos.org/publication/whats-missing-gdp<br /><br />Michael A. Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04980105313542633114noreply@blogger.com