Mises Daily Friday: How Reducing GDP Increases Economic Growth

01/02/2015 Mises Wire Mises Institute

Reducing government spending results in an immediate increase in welfare for all productive members of the economy. But, the way we calculate economic growth is rigged to make it look like more government spending fuels economic growth.

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