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Re:Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down by BurningFrog on Sunday March 22, 2020 @02:47PM (#22657449)
I guess "good for the economy" here means it increased GDP for the affected area.

This is a common critique of GDP as a measure of economic health. And it's a fair one. But in the bigger picture, GDP remains the best measure I know of.

Accidents and disasters will happen, but their rate is fairly constant, and the noise they add to the measurement is far from invalidating it.

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Re:Traffic and Pollution Plummet as U.S. Cities Shut Down by TheOtherHobbes on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:09PM (#22657639)
That last sentence makes no sense at all.
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