Mises Daily Friday: How GDP Metrics Distort Our View of the Economy

05/15/2015 Mises Wire Mises Institute

Mises Daily Friday by Christopher Casey:

It is now commonplace for governments to measure economic prosperity with GDP metrics. Numerous arbitrary rules and faulty assumptions behind these measures, however, skew our view of how economies grow and living standards improve.

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