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To: ild who wrote (253544)8/1/2003 10:24:39 AM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
Heinz has a way with words --

it's not just that they manipulate the stuff -- it's the measures are carp in the first place. GDP means nothing when the government stuff is in there and the measuring stick is no good to start -- some of the same problems that Mises mentioned about measuring a nation's wealth -- it's just not worth anything because it is isn't meaningful.

Even back-to-back comparisons are worthless because they keep changing the methods for computing them ...
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