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Re:Programming Still Sucks by Ygg2 on Thursday May 07, 2026 @10:02AM (#48049605)
If two trillionaires bounce a 4 trillion dollar IOU, the GDP could be the greatest in the universe, even though nothing would substantially change.
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Re:Programming Still Sucks by munksbeer on Thursday May 07, 2026 @11:14AM (#48050429)
Living standards for the median person in the world improve every year, and have done for decades.
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Re:Programming Still Sucks by valleyer on Friday May 08, 2026 @04:21AM (#48060237)
That's not what GDP means.
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Re:Programming Still Sucks by FrustratedMonky on Friday May 08, 2026 @08:04AM (#48061888)
"(GDP) measures the total market value of final goods and services produced"

It can be circular.

MS invests 5 billion in OpenAI.

OpenAI invests 5 billion in MS.

Do have 10 billion now?

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Re:Programming Still Sucks by valleyer on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @06:04PM (#48115209)
No goods or services were produced in your example, so GDP would not be affected. Purchases of securities are not goods or services.
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