While destructive protest is sometimes appropriate, "new windows add to GDP" is a bad argument. 1/N
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GDP is important because economic production makes things that are useful to people. GDP is a decent approximation of that. 2/N

Jan 20, 2017 · 10:13 PM UTC

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Work to replace things that didn't need replacing isn't inherently useful, just like status symbols for the rich aren't. 3/N
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They're both examples of GDP not representing the thing we actually want to measure. 4/4 /cc @samknight1 @tdfischer_
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