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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by Aloisius on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @08:57PM (#42942539)
It's a failure of GDP calculations not to include unpaid work.

The good was produced.

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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by number6 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @01:33AM (#42944690)
Italy, Spain and UK include some shadow economy
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by forinti on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:12AM (#42946896)
You have to include the beavers in your population in order to have proper per capita figures.
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by pavel_lishin on Thursday February 06, 2025 @04:34PM (#42966721)
Including animals in economic estimates is famously difficult. After all, how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by tim333 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:36PM (#42953918)
It would be tricky to calculate though. How much do you put down for unpaid work by trees producing oxygen for example?
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Re:Government planned it 7 years,beavers built the dam in 2 ... by jjk166 on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @04:45PM (#42955657)
What would be the cost to do it artificially?
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